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

If it pleases my lady, and the asag demon which is in my body leaves my body, and thus(some mss. have instead:) may the asag demon which is in my body leave my body, so that it (the asag demon) allows me(1 ms. has instead:) I can step again on the path(1 ms. has instead:) ground of life with my feet. I will then be your maidservant, the courtyard sweeper of your temple, and will serve you. Furthermore after I have recovered, I will name you, my lady, as "the healer of the crippled" (some mss. have instead:) I will then be her maidservant, the courtyard sweeper of her temple, and will serve her. Furthermore after I have recovered, I will name her, my lady, as "the healer of the crippled".