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

xx heart xx. xx his august name xx king xx. You have been assigned divine powers from the divine powers by Lord Nunamnir. He has presented you with the capacity to determine fates, the role of a supreme deity. He has elevated you; the great lord, Enlil, has made you one of the princes. With the rightful tiara and headdress, he has made you glorious on the holy august dais. He has bestowed upon you the guardianship of all the countries teeming (?) like fish. The prince of all the foreign countries xx like a shepherd (?).