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Anonymous Sumerian · Ur III / Old Babylonian (c. 2100–1600 BCE)
August chariot! Enlil, the lord of wisdom, the father of the gods, ordered your construction in the E-kur, his exalted shrine. He instructed Išme-Dagan, the wise shepherd called by an auspicious name, born from a beautiful mother's womb, the adviser of the Land, to make your holy and pure divine powers manifest. He set to work on you and worked without stopping. He decorated you with xx and lapis lazuli. He placed you xx.