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

"My wife, my son is no longer here; what is there to support me? The lord, the authority of the E-kur, the king who imposes the strong shackle for his father, a cedar rooted in the abzu, a crown with broad shade, my son, my security -- he is not here any more: who will take me by the hand?"