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...... new ....... ...... august words. You have been named River of the ordeal, the sublime course ....... You cleanse the just man like gold, and you hand over the wicked to extinction.

12-19 Nourished on the good milk of intelligence, advice and reason, his voice resounds loudly. August sage, he gives ...... to all who are born. Profoundly intelligent, wise, possessed of understanding, he penetrates everything. Nothing ...... him. Lordly one, endowed with holy wisdom, he is the bringer of counsel. Tall in stature, he can survey all the ordinances of heaven and earth.

20-28 Endowed with a broad understanding, whose movement is that of an animal with large horns in the reed-beds; mighty deluge determining great fates, unleashed and knowing no course whatsoever! When God shared out the ordinances for heaven and earth, incantations fell to your lot. Scanning all mankind with a glance, of benign features, with an attractive physique; most skilled metalworker, creating masterpieces; counsellor and judge, whose word in the august sanctuary is unalterable and whose character is sublime: I shall exalt him in song and glorify his name.

29-36 Eloquent one of the deep, great minister of Eridug! The priests and the priestesses all pay attention when you open your holy mouth. Daily as they go forth, they circumambulate you. Cleansing the purification rites with pure hands and pure tread, holy in every respect, you are the supervisor of the purification priests.

37-41 Kuara, the beloved city which you have chosen in your heart, lives in joy because of you. The generous-hearted Prince named you.

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