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Anonymous Sumerian · Ur III / Old Babylonian (c. 2100–1600 BCE)
[1 line fragmentary] A second time he xx a mighty tempest and a raging wind. A third time xx a destructive wind of heaven. A fourth time he addressed (?) the dense clouds in the heavens. Fine barley stood in the fertile fields, and the corn joyously xx. Iškur organised everything; he xx the harvest and the superior barley. He heaped up grain piles and grain stores in the fields for Ur-Ninurta. On a favourable day he sowed the seeds, he xx the wheat. For Ur-Ninurta the son of An he sowed the seeds, xx. Iškur, Inana and xx life for him.