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

May they cause a good xx that brings happiness, a mood of encouragement, to issue for you from within the E-kiš-nu-ĝal. May the gods of life of the Great Gate open the doors for you. May the gods of peace, guardians of the Great Gate, rejoice at your presence, and may their features light up at you. May they xx their beards xx for you. When you enter the Gate of Urim, the Gate of Splendour, xx the brickwork of Urim. xx the Gate of Urim. xx the Great Gate. May xx be your interpreter (?). xx the Great Gate. May they speak to you xx. May they cause xx for you with joyous hearts.