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An Adab to Ninurta for Būr-Suen (Būr-Suen A) (ETCSL 2.5.7.1)
This hymn forces a direct connection between the king and the most violent god in the Sumerian pantheon. Read this to see how a monarch used divine propaganda to cement his right to rule through the martial shadow of Ninurta.