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

Your rudder is a large kiĝ fish in the broad waters at the mouth of the Kisala canal. Your xx are a bison, inspiring terror on the great earth. Your tow-rope is the gliding Niraḫ extended over the land. Your mooring pole is the heavenly bond, which xx. Your longside beams are a warrior striking straight against another warrior. Your prow is Nanna xx fair sky. Your stern is Utu xx at the horizon. Your canopy (?) is xx.