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Anonymous Sumerian · Ur III / Old Babylonian (c. 2100–1600 BCE)
xx who alone surpasses heaven and earth, the exalted one, prominent among the Anuna gods, whose utterances cannot be overturned! Nunamnir, whose decisions cannot be altered, proud one imbued with terrifying awesomeness, who alone is exalted (1 ms. has instead:) who alone is eminent, the foremost one among the Great Princes, has taken his seat in the shrine of Nibru, in Dur-an-ki, in E-kur, the temple where the fates are determined, in the holy shining temple. When Mother Ninlil, who is equal in rank with the Great Mountain, embraces him xx, xx says to xx: "xx chosen in the heart by xx." [unknown no. of lines missing]