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

The good shepherd Rīm-Sîn looks to you as to his personal god. Grant him xx a life that he loves, and bestow joy on him. May you renew it like the daylight. As he prays to you, attend to his xx. When he speaks most fair words to you, sustain his life power for him. May he be respected xx, and have no rivals. As he makes supplication to you, make his days long. In the xx of life, xx the power of kingship. May his correct words be ever xx. May he create heart's joy in his xx. xx make the restorative xx rest upon him, the lion of lordship. When he beseeches you, let his exterior (?) xx shine. Give him xx life xx. May you bring xx for his life with your holy words. Hear him favourably as he lifts his hands in prayer, and decide a good destiny for him.