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

When you come forth like Utu, joy xx, and their gaze is fixed as if on their own parents. When you feed them lavishly, may their lives xx! When you generously give them drink, xx! May the black-headed people xx cool themselves in your shade! Your shepherdship xx. [1 line fragmentary] [2 lines missing] May xx be praised! May your royal xx be forever stable! May you be xx! May you be xx! May you shine xx! O Samsu-iluna, my king!