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

To see that the Tigris and the Euphrates should roar, to see that xx, to see that the subterranean waters should be terrifying, to see that in the lagoons the carp and the goat-fish xx; to see that in the reed thickets mature and fresh reed, first fruits, xx; to see that the numerous animals, the creatures of the plain, the xx, the stag, the deer, the great xx; to see that xx; to see that the living creatures should not diminish, to see that xx; to see that the divine powers of Sumer shall not be forgotten, nor the divine plans of all the lands altered; to see that xx, to see that faithfulness will prevail (?), Ninurta, the son of Enlil, in order to make judgments xx [unknown no. of lines missing]