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Plain text of A Song of the King and the Herdsman (Nanna I)

1-9 My king ...... in his reed marshes. He ...... in the silent reed marshes. He extended his house over a huge reed marsh, over a ...... reed marsh. Its ...... is green; he has built ...... by the water. He called his city the shrine Urim. In his city, the lord of long days founded a dwelling-place. In Urim, the city chosen in his heart, bull-like the house gives praise.

10-15 My king's splendid place is indeed an august place, a most precious place. He ...... his beloved city, the shrine Urim, the pure ...... his city. My king ...... the holy dais. Lord .......

17-21 "O lord, lord, where have you tended your cows?" "In the chosen city, the shrine of my heart which I have founded in joy like Aratta ....... In my shrine Urim I have tended my cows." "First-born son, where have you tended the people, lord?"

22-40 "In the chosen city, the shrine of my heart which I have founded in joy, like Aratta ......; in my E-mud-kura I have tended my cows." "First-born son, where have you tended the people, lord?" "In a place founded on a good day and given a good name, in the place chosen in my heart, my E-mud-kura, I have tended my cows." "First-born son, where have you tended the people, lord?" "In a place founded on a good day and given a good name, in the place chosen in my heart, my E-mud-kura, I have tended my cows." "King of the holy cattle-pen, where have you tended your cows, youthful, noble shepherd?" "In the meadow where I have built a dais for my shrine Urim and have let date palms grow as in the land of Dilmun -- there in its holy reed-beds I have tended my cows." "First-born son, where have you tended the people, youthful, noble shepherd?" "In the meadow where I have built a dais for my shrine Urim and have let date palms grow as in the land of Dilmun -- there in its holy reed-beds I have tended my cows."