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The Song of the Lettuce: A Balbale to Inana
Anonymous Sumerian · Ur III / Old Babylonian (c. 2100–1600 BCE)
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He has sprouted, he has burgeoned, he is well-watered lettuce, my shaded garden of the desert, richly flourishing, his mother's favourite (1 ms. has instead:) he is well-watered lettuce ; my grain lovely in beauty in its furrows, he is well-watered lettuce; my first-class fruitful apple tree, he is well-watered lettuce.
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