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

[1 line fragmentary] xx what he orders is faithfully executed, xx endowed with beauty in the E-kur, xx among the great gods, the great and august lord xx in the heavens, xx whose seat (?) no other god xx! August xx, lord whose abode is the mountains, Father Nanna xx, xx fixes the months and the new moon according to a cord (?), establishes the year xx, xx life for the multitudes xx, xx who puts all the lands in order, xx who makes the Tigris and the Euphrates bring flowing water xx, xx fine grain xx, xx lush vegetation in the spacious land xx, [1 line fragmentary] xx Lord Išme-Dagan xx [1 line unclear] august xx bestowed upon Father Nanna by An and Enlil xx.