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A lullaby for a son of Šulgi (Šulgi N)
Anonymous Sumerian · Ur III / Old Babylonian (c. 2100–1600 BCE)
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UM 29-16-085
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA — Old Babylonian(1/4)
English
Sleep come, sleep come, sleep come to my son, sleep hasten (?) to my son! Put to sleep his open eyes, settle your hand upon his sparkling eyes -- as for his murmuring tongue, let the murmuring not spoil his sleep.
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