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Anonymous Sumerian · Ur III / Old Babylonian (c. 2100–1600 BCE)

The hero, the son, pride of his father, the very wise, rising from profound deliberation, Ninurta, the lord, the son of Enlil, gifted with broad wisdom, the xx god, the lord stretched his leg to mount the onager, and joined the battalions xx. He spread over the mountains his great long xx, he caused xx to go out among its people like the xx. He reached xx. He went into the rebel lands in the vanguard of the battle. He gave orders to his lance, and attached it xx by its cord; the lord commanded his mace, and it went to its belt. The hero hastened to the battle, he xx heaven and earth. He prepared the throw-stick and the shield, the mountains were smitten and cringed beside the battle legions of Ninurta. When the hero was girding on his mace, the sun did not wait, the moon went in; they were forgotten, as he marched towards the mountains; the day became like pitch.