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

Lord who among the gods makes the clever decisions, most prominent among them from the south to the uplands; who holding a staff in his hand determines their destinies as the Anuna gods come to him; who possessing all the divine powers is alone surpassing; a great lord who xx the living things; who alone is proclaimed as their god -- you are their xx. You, whose utterances make justice flourish, strengthen the divine powers of heaven and earth. You, who examine the ordinances and carry them out correctly, are proclaimed as their great prince.