1-7 O House that is a ziggurat, grown together with heaven and earth, foundation of heaven and earth, great banqueting hall of Eridu! Deep waters, shrine erected for its prince, House which is the holy mound, where pure food is eaten, watered by the prince's pure canal, mountain, pure place cleansed with the potash plant, deep waters, your drums belong to the powers of God.

8-15 Your great ...... wall is in good repair. Light does not enter your meeting-place, the great assembly-room, the assembly-room, the beautiful place. Your tightly constructed house is sacred and has no equal. Your prince, the great prince, has fixed firmly a holy crown for you in your precinct -- O Eridu with a crown placed on your head, bringing forth thriving thornbushes, pure thornbushes for the priests (?), O Shrine of the deep, your place, your great place!

16-23 At your place of calling upon God, at your oven bringing bread to eat, on your ziggurat, a magnificent shrine stretching toward heaven, at your great oven rivalling the great banqueting hall, your prince, the prince of heaven and earth ...... can never be changed, the ......, the creator, the ......, the wise one, the ......, the Lord who knows all depths, has erected a house in your precinct, O House of the subterranean waters, and taken His seat upon your dais -- so that it is a house dedicated to God.

24 23 lines: the house of God in Eridu.

25-33 O ......, shrine where destiny is determined, ......, foundation, raised with a ziggurat, ......, settlement of the Sovereign, your ......, your right and your left are Sumer and Akkad. House of the Sovereign, your interior is cool, your exterior determines destiny. Your door-jambs and architrave are a high mountain, your projecting pilasters a dignified mountain. Your peak is a ...... peak of your princely platform. Your base serves heaven and earth.

34-37 Your prince, the great prince, the Sovereign, the good lord, the lord of the limits of heaven, the lord who determines destiny, the Great Mountain, has erected a house in your precinct, O shrine of Nippur, and taken His seat upon your dais.

38 13 lines: the house of God in Nippur.

39-46 O Tummal, exceedingly worthy of the princely powers, inspiring awe and dread! Foundation, your pure lustration extends over the deep waters. Primeval city, reed-bed green with old reeds and new shoots, your interior is a mountain of abundance built in plenitude. At your feast held in the month of the New Year, you are wondrously adorned as the great lady of the sacred place rivals the Sovereign. Your princess, the mother, has erected a house in your precinct, O House of Tummal, and taken a place upon your dais.

47 8 lines: the house of the mother in Nippur.

48-56 O House of terrifying radiance exuding great awesomeness, Magnificent shrine, to which princely powers were sent from heaven, storehouse of the Sovereign founded for the primeval powers, worthy of nobility, lifting your head in princeship, counsellor of the exalted House, pillar of the surroundings, your house ...... the platform with heaven. The decisions at its place of reaching the great judgment -- the river of the ordeal -- let the just live and consign to darkness the hearts that are evil. In your great place fit for pure lustration and the rites of the purification priests, you dine with the lord.

57-59 Your prince, the prince who is the counsellor of the Sovereign and worthy of the Magnificent shrine, the leader Nuska, a servant of God, has erected a house in your precinct, O house of the Sovereign, and taken his seat upon your dais.

60 12 lines: the house of Nuska in Nippur.

61-68 O House which gathers the powers of heaven, standing in a great place, the just powers which the warrior ......, strength of battle, heroic mace, carrier of the quiver, mighty bustling brick building, your foundation is eternal. Founded by the primeval lord, with decisions which belong to the princely powers, holy soil filling the mountain, lifting your head among the princes, magnificent house, the wonder coming from you is like the sun whose glow spreads. House of the powers, God has instilled your name with terrifying awesomeness.

69-75 Your prince, the great ......, the warrior whose strength is boundless, the great ruler for the Sovereign, the noble who rivals heaven and earth, the provisioning (?) seal-keeper of the Sovereign who makes the great powers perfect, the ......, the leader for the Sovereign, the foremost, the lion engendered by the Great Mountain, who for God destroys the hostile lands, lord Ninurta, a servant of God, has erected a house in your precinct, and taken his seat upon your dais.

76 15 lines: the house of Ninurta in Nippur.

77-85 O House, chamber with the mound, ......, crown of the high plain, holy place, pure place, house, your foundation is a great princely mooring pole. Singular mound, your lady, the singular woman who keeps the chamber and the dais full, gladdens your platform in princely style. Your princess who avoids anger and is exceedingly wise, the princely daughter who prospers together with the Great Mountain, Zuzi-ana, has erected a house in your precinct, O singular mound, and taken her seat upon your dais.

86 9 lines: the house of Zuzi-ana in Jagimah.

87-95 O mighty Kesh, form of heaven and earth, arousing terror like a great horned viper, house of the Mother of the mountains, built in a terrifying place! Respected Kesh, your interior is a deep interior while your exterior is tall. Great lion ...... on the high plain and roving about on the plain, great hill established by supplications, twilit interior in which moonlight does not shine, the Mother has made you beautiful -- O house Kesh, your brickwork and your moulding of it! Your terrace! Your exterior, a lustrous crown, and your building of it!

96-99 Your princess, the silencing princess, the true and great lady of heaven -- when she talks heaven trembles, when she opens her mouth there is devastation -- Aruru, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Kesh, and taken her seat upon your dais.

100 13 lines: the house of the Mother in Kesh.

101-108 O Ur, bull standing in the wet reeds, House sending light to the earth (?), calf of a great cow, ...... light of holy heaven, ...... wild cow, trap laid in a nest, Ur, container feeding all lands, you are a shrine in a pure place, earth of the Most High -- O house of the Moon, at your front a prince, at your back a ruler, your dining hall with songs, your great, holy banqueting hall with drums! The light coming from you and your true lordship is most precious.

109-117 Jipar, princely shrine of the holy powers, shining like the ...... sun, House sending light, beaming moonlight which comes forth in the Land, broad light of midday which fills all lands, house, your platform is a great snake, a marsh of snakes. Your foundation is the deep waters, fifty in number, and the subterranean waters, seven in number, a shrine which looks into the heart of the gods. Your prince, the prince who makes decisions, the crown of the wide heaven, the sovereign of heaven, Ashimbabbar, has erected a house in your precinct, O shrine Ur, and taken his seat upon your dais.

118 17 lines: the house of God in Ur.

119-128 O House with a magnificent name, rising mountain of heaven, your holy sides and your great foundation are most precious. Interior full with princely powers, a beaming light which shines, shrine with your back to the blue sky and your prominent front to all people, in the Land it represents a binding agreement and a single track. Magnificent river with open mouth gathering together your ...... powers, your base is great in awesomeness, a righteous hill grown in a broad place. Your lofty dwelling-place of magnificence with all the powers of princeship, ......, shouting ......; house of celebration, your platform gladdens the settlements.

129-133 House, your prince Shulgi has made it great and most princely. The perfect and magnificent ......, the mighty and great wind, adorned with the powers, determining destiny, Shulgi, a ruler under God, has erected a house in your precinct, O House which is a hill, and taken his seat upon your dais.

134 15 lines: addition: the House which is a hill, of Shulgi, in Ur.

135-139 O city, ...... from the deep waters like barley, cloudy plain, taking the powers from its midst, Kuara, the lord who does not hold back his goods goes amazed to the foundation of your just banqueting hall. The Seven Sages have enlarged it for you from the south to the uplands.

140-145 Your prince, the most precious prince Asarluhi, the most precious one, is a warrior, born a noble prince, a leopard who seizes prey. He is like an onrushing storm battering the rebel land. As long as it remains disobedient, he pours spittle upon it. Asar-alim-nuna, the servant of the deep waters, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Kuara, and taken his seat upon your dais.

146 11 lines: the house of Asarluhi in Kuara.

147-156 O House with numerous perfect oxen of holy stone in which its sovereign sits, magnificent trap, crown (?) of the princely son, whose best fine oil is holy and well-prepared, Chamber of bowls, holy cattle-pen pasturing cows with musur plants, your prince is a great wild bull, an elephant rejoicing in its own strength, a wild cow growing horns and delighting in its shining horns. The priest of opposed languages who put clouds in the sky, the storm which roars in the sky, as the sunlight giving ...... to the earth, Ningubalag, has erected a house in your precinct, O Ki-abrig, and taken his seat upon your dais.

157 10 lines: the house of Ningubalag in Ki-abrig.

158-167 O shrine, great sanctuary founded at a cattle-pen, small shining city of the Moon, Pure quay, your interior is a mighty place, your foundation is holy and clean. Shrine, your jipar is founded in purity. Your door is of strong copper set up at a great place. Lowing cattle-pen, you raise your horns like a bull. Your prince, the lord of heaven standing in celebration, ...... at midday and ......, Ashimbabbar, has erected a house in your precinct, O Pure quay, and taken his seat upon your dais.

168 10 lines: the house of God in Gaesh.

169-177 O house which comes forth from heaven, resplendent in Kullab, shrine of the Shining house, shining bull, lift your neck to the Sun, which ...... in the sky! Your shining horns are ......, holy and lustrous. Bearing a beard of shining lapis lazuli, ......, your prince, the mighty sunlight, the lord who ...... the true word, who lightens the horizon, who lightens the sky's ...... vault, the sovereign of the Shining house, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Larsa, and taken his seat upon your dais.

178 9 lines: the house of God in Larsa.

179-185 O Enegir, great libation pipe, libation pipe to the underworld, entrance to the nether world of Sumer where mankind is gathered, Long house, in the land your shadow has stretched over the princes of the land. Your prince, the seed of the great lord, the sacred one of the great underworld, playing loudly on the instrument, sweet as the voice of a calf, Ninazu of the words of prayer, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Enegir, and taken his seat upon your dais.

186 7 lines: the house of Ninazu in Enegir.

187-196 O primeval place, deep mountain founded in an artful fashion, shrine, terrifying place lying in a pasture, a dread whose lofty ways none can fathom, Jishbanda, neck-stock, meshed net, bond of the great underworld from which none can escape, your exterior is raised up, prominent like a snare, your interior is where the sun rises, endowed with wide-spreading plenty. Your prince is the prince who stretches out his pure hand, the holy one of heaven, with luxuriant and abundant hair hanging at his back, lord Ningishzida. Ningishzida has erected a house in your precinct, O Jishbanda, and taken his seat upon your dais.

197 10 lines: the house of Ningishzida in Jishbanda.

198-203 O house with the great powers of Kullab, ......, its platform has made the great shrine flourish. Green fresh fruit, marvellous, filled with ripeness, descending from the centre of heaven, shrine built for the bull, House of heaven, house with seven corners, with seven fires lifted at night-time, surveying seven pleasures (?), your princess is on the pure horizon.

204-208 Your lady Inanna who ......, who adorns the woman and covers the man with a helmet, the one with a lustrous ...... crown, the dragon of Ninjin-jar, the queen of heaven and earth, Inanna, has erected a house in your precinct, O House of heaven, and taken her seat upon your dais.

209 11 lines: the house of Inanna in Uruk.

210-219 O house where lustrous herbs are strewn upon the flowery bed, the bed-chamber where the lady of the plain refreshes herself! Brick-built House which is the precinct is flowery and holy, its ...... clay established for him who tends the ewes on the high plain. Your ...... gives shade (?) to the shepherd. Your prince, a raging lion on the plain, the jewel of the Mistress whose breast is holy and marvellous, Dumuzid, the sovereign of the House, has erected a house in your precinct, O Bad-tibira, and taken his seat upon your dais.

220 10 lines: the house of Dumuzid in Bad-tibira.

221-228 O House, your face is mighty, with plenty coming from within, your treasury is a mountain of abundance. House, your fragrance is a mound of vines. Your true minister is a leader in heaven. House, your princess is prominent among the angels, the true minister of the House of heaven who holds a holy sceptre in her hand. Ninshubur, the true minister of the House of heaven, has erected a house in your precinct, O House of lamentation, and taken her seat upon your dais.

229 8 lines: the house of Ninshubur in Akkil.

230-235 O city, founded upon a dais in the deep waters, established for the rites of the purification priests, house where supplications of heaven and earth are recited,

236-238 ...... lustration water in the holy heaven and on the pure earth. Ningirim, the lady of the shining lustration water, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Murum, and taken her seat upon your dais.

239 9 lines: the house of Ningirim in Murum.

240-248 O House of 50, right hand of Lagash, foremost in Sumer, the Anzud bird which gazes upon the mountain, the weapon of ...... Ningirsu, ...... in all lands, the strength of battle, a terrifying storm which envelops men, giving the strength of battle to the angels, the great ones, brick building on whose holy mound destiny is determined, beautiful as the hills, your canal ......, your ...... blowing in opposition (?) at your gate facing towards the Holy city, wine is poured into holy beautiful bowls set out in the open air.

249-254 Whatever enters you is unequalled, whatever leaves endures. ......, terrifying facade, house of radiance, a place of reaching judgment which lord Ningirsu has filled with great awesomeness and dread! All the angels attend your great gatherings.

255-261 Your prince, a raging storm which destroys cities in hostile lands, your sovereign, a terrifying wild ox which will manifest its strength, a terrifying lion which smashes heads, the warrior who devises strategies in lordship and attains victory in kingship, the mighty one, the great warrior in battle, the lord without rival, a servant of the Sovereign, lord Ningirsu, has erected a house in your precinct, O House of 50, and taken his seat upon your dais.

262 22 lines: the house of Ningirsu in Lagash.

263-270 O Holy city, shrine of the Most High, which caused the human seed to come forth, called by a good name, within you is the river of ordeal which vindicates the just man. House which spreads counsel far and wide, storehouse which eternally possesses silver and lapis lazuli, from which decisions and the powers come forth, where the hero performs obeisance, your princess, the merciful princess of the Land, is the mother of all lands. The lady, the great healer of the black-headed who determines the destiny of her city, the first-born daughter of the Most High, the maiden, mother Bau, has erected a house in your precinct, O House of the Holy city, and taken her seat upon your dais.

271 8 lines: the house of Bau in the Holy city.

272-281 O house, wild cow ......, city which appears in splendour adorned for the princess, Sirara, great and princely place, your ...... by the shrine, your lady Nanshe, a great storm, a mighty flood, born on the shore of the sea, who laughs on the foam of the sea, who plays on the water of the flood, who ......, Nanshe, the ...... lady, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Sirara, and taken her seat upon your dais.

282 10 lines: the house of Nanshe in Sirara.

283-292 O House which stretches over the midst of the sea built in a holy place, Gu-aba, your interior produces everything and is a well-established storehouse. Holy shrine, wild cow for which everything endures, your princess is Ninjagia, the magnificent ...... stewardess, the mighty ...... of the Sovereign, who takes counsel with the lord. Born in ......, ...... in the flood of the sea, like her ...... father a controller of the pure sea, holy Ninmarki has erected a house in your precinct, O house Gu-aba, and taken her seat upon your dais.

293 10 lines: the house of Ninmarki in Gu-aba.

294-301 O house Kinirsha, suited for its lady, ......, beautiful as a hill, standing by the ziggurat, house, ......, place resounding loudly with happiness, house, your princess is a storm, riding on a lion, ....... Exalted in holy song and antiphony, singing with a loud voice, the child, the true wild cow, taken care of at the holy breast of the mother who begot her, Dumuzid-abzu, has erected a house in your precinct, O shrine Kinirsha, and taken her seat upon your dais.

302 7 lines: the house of Dumuzid-abzu in Kinirsha.

303-310 O House with beautiful bowls set up under heaven, mighty banqueting hall, fulfilling (?) the commands, abundance of the midst of the sea in ......, at whose holy ...... there is entreaty and joy. The faithful man has enlarged the Magnificent house, the house of Shara, for you in plenty. Your house, the Magnificent house -- whose prince is the princely son of the Mistress -- continues (?) in good fortune, an area of abundance and well-being.

311-313 ......, with the gaze of a wild cow, Shara, who ...... good things, the servant who allots the powers to his mother, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Umma, and taken his seat upon your dais.

314 11 lines: the house of Shara in Umma.

315-320 O House clad in splendour dressed with ornaments of precious stone, great awesomeness, Ninjin-jar, adorned throughout with the powers which are true, Zabalam, shrine of the shining mountain, shrine of ...... dawn, which has resounded with pleasure (?), the Mistress has founded your good banqueting hall for you in pleasure (?).

321-326 Your lady Inanna, the ......, the singular woman, the dragon who speaks hostile words to ......, who shines in brightness, who goes against the rebel land, through whom the firmament is made beautiful in the evening, the great daughter of the Moon, holy Inanna, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Zabalam, and taken her seat upon your dais.

327 12 lines: the house of Inanna in Zabalam.

328-345 O house inspiring terror like a great lion, making as clear as day the decisions for those on the high plain, house of God the Sender of rain, at your front is abundance, at your rear is celebration. Your foundation is a horned bull, a lion. Holy staff, teat of heaven with rain for fine barley, the pilasters of your house are a wild bull with lowered horns, your ......, foundation and wall rising of their own accord, ......, thick cloud, ...... snake, ...... moonlight, ...... the Sender of rain, a sweeping flood, ...... a storm and seven raging winds, ......, blowing raging winds, ...... running from the ......, splits the ...... hillside, diorite, stones and .......

346-350 The ......, the seed of the Land, the ......, the ...... prince, the canal inspector of heaven and earth, the ...... living, the numerous people, the ......, God the Sender of rain, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Karkara, and taken his seat upon your dais.

351 23 lines: the house of the Sender of rain in Karkara.

352-361 O ......, bolt founded by the Most High,

...... has erected a house in your precinct, O ......, and taken a seat upon your dais.

362 10 (?) lines: the house of ...... in .......

363-377 ......

The Most High has ...... your platform. Exalted house, house of the universe, suited for its lady, your front inspires great awesomeness, your interior is filled with radiance. The Mother, the Sovereign and the Lord of wisdom have determined your destiny. House of joy (?) which ......, life of the black-headed, the Most High has given you the magnificent powers from the interior of heaven. As in Kesh, the Mother has blessed the holy priest (?) who maintains your shrine. House with great powers, a pure platform and cleansing lustration, Ashgi, of Adab, has erected a house in your precinct, O Adab, O house situated at a canal, O house Adab, and taken his seat upon your dais.

378 15 lines: the house of the Mother in Adab.

379-391 O Isin, city founded by the Most High which He has built on an empty plain! Its front is mighty, its interior is artfully built, its powers are powers which God has determined. Low dais which the Sovereign loves, place where God determines destinies, place where the great ones dine, filled with great awesomeness and terror: all the angels attend your great gatherings. Your princess, the mother, the Mistress adorned with jewels, who maintains the holy place's Ninjin-jar, who binds the crown on the priestess, who causes the seven teats to flow for the priestess, has resounded with seven pleasures (?).

392-394 Your lady, the great healer of the Land, Nininsina, the daughter of the Most High, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Isin, and taken her seat upon your dais.

395 16 lines: the house of Nininsina in Isin.

396-405 O Kazallu, your platform is in the midst of the sky, shining, ...... an object of admiration. Your prince is the seed of a bull, engendered by a wild bull in ......, a magnificent ...... with sparkling eyes, a lord with the teeth of a lion, who snatches the calf with his claws, who snatches ....... ...... who snatches ......, the ...... who gives strength to the ......, great lord Numushda, has erected a house in your precinct, O Threshold of the mountain, O Kazallu, and taken his seat upon your dais.

406 10 lines: the house of Numushda in Kazallu.

407-414 O House which is the eye of the Land, your foundation is firmly laid, growing hill which stands broadly on the earth, ...... the enemies' land,

...... has erected a house in your precinct, O ......, and taken a seat upon your dais.

415 8 (?) lines: the house of Lugal-Marda in Marda.

416-423 O Der (Akkadian name; a Sumerian name is unknown), taking extreme care of decisions, ......, on your awesome and radiant gate a horned viper and a mushussu are being seized in a trap. Your prince, a leader of the angels, fit for giving counsel and grand speech, who knows thoroughly the true powers of princeship, Ishtaran, the ...... sovereign of heaven, has erected a house in your precinct, O House which is the great pole of the Land, and taken his seat upon your dais.

424 8 lines: the house of Ishtaran in Der.

425-435 O Pure house whose pure powers are supreme in all lands, whose name is high and mighty, magnificent dwelling of the warrior, holy house of Ninazu, house of the holy powers! House, your powers are pure powers, your lustration is a cleansing lustration. The warrior refreshes himself in your dwelling. Ninazu dines on your platform. Your sovereign, the great lord, is a towering lion spitting venom over hostile lands, rising like the south wind against enemy lands, snarling like a dragon against the walls of rebel lands, a storm enveloping the disobedient and trampling on the enemy.

436-446 When he strides forth, no evil-doer can escape. When he establishes his triumph, the cities of the rebel lands are destroyed. When he frowns, their people are cast into the dust. House, your prince is a great lion from whose claws the enemy hangs. Your sovereign is a terrifying, mighty storm, the vigour of the battle, in combat ...... like a ...... with a shield on his lofty arm, a net over the widespread people from whose reach the foe cannot escape. When the great lord is resplendent, his magnificence has no equal. The true servant born of the Great Mountain, your sovereign, the warrior Ninazu, has erected a house in your precinct, O Pure house, O Eshnunna, and taken his seat upon your dais.

447 22 lines: the house of Ninazu in Eshnunna.

448-455 O house built in plenitude, Kish, raising its head among the princely powers, established settlement, your great foundation cannot be scattered. Your plinth is a vast oppressive cloud floating in the midst of the sky. Your interior is a weapon, a mace decorated with ....... Your right hand makes mountains tremble, your left thins out the enemy. Your prince, mighty and magnificent, a great storm overpowering the earth, inspiring great and terrifying awe, your sovereign, the warrior Zababa, has erected a house in your precinct, O Storage house, O house Kish, and taken his seat upon your dais.

456 8 lines: the house of Zababa in Kish.

457-466 O House which is the bond of the Land, bull ...... great strength among the angels, terrifying wild cow, wild bull which causes lament, Gudua, your quay is a ...... quay which bestows water, your interior is artfully built, your mace is a ...... mace released from heaven, your platform is a lustrous platform spreading over the Warrior of the nether world. Your prince, the mighty servant, the sovereign of the nether world, the fierce lord of the underworld, the sovereign of Sunset, Nergal, has erected a house in your precinct, and taken his seat upon your dais.

467 10 lines: the house of Nergal in Gudua.

468-477 O mighty Urum where the Moon pronounces judgment, House with teeming cattle, wide cattle-yard, Ashimbabbar acts as your shepherd. House, my sovereign, your sceptre reaches to heaven, ...... to the earth, moonlight ......, celebration, your ...... may ...... the light. Your prince, the prince of holy celebration, ......, who appears in the lapis lazuli coloured sky, a celebration, to whom the hero pays homage ......, who brightens the Land, ...... the Moon, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Urum, and taken his seat upon your dais.

478 10 lines: the house of the Moon in Urum.

479-488 O Zimbir, dais upon which the sun sits daily, House of the prince of heaven, star of heaven, crown ......, house of the Sun, your prince, the ...... of the universe, fills heaven and earth. When the lord sleeps, the people sleep; when he rises, the people rise. The bull ...... and the people prostrate themselves. Before the Sun the herds pasture ....... The black-headed have bathed before him, the Land has ...... before him. He measures out the powers -- your shrine is a flood.

489-492 Pronouncing judgment where the sun rises, mighty sunlight, wearing a beard, tying on the crown at night, the sovereign of the Shining house, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Zimbir, and taken his seat upon your dais.

493 14 lines: the house of God in Zimbir.

494-499 O House which is a mountain, beautiful as herbs and flowers, ...... (The Sumerian name of this city is unknown), your interior is plenitude. At the place where destiny is determined you determine destiny. May the crown bring joy to your platform. May your roots glisten like an immense snake in your holy foundations.

500-505 The Mother, the lady of creation, performs her task within your dark place, binding the true crown on the new-born king, setting the crown on the new-born lord who is secure in her hand. The midwife of heaven and earth has erected a house in your precinct, O house ......, and taken her seat upon your dais.

506 12 lines: the house of the Mother in .......

507-513 O Ulmash, upper land, ...... of the Land, terrifying lion battering a wild bull, net spreading over an enemy, making silence fall upon a rebel land on which, as long as it remains insubmissive, spittle is poured! House of silver and lapis lazuli, a storehouse built of gold, your princess is a bird, the Mistress of the Ninjin-jar.

514-518 Arrayed in battle, jubilantly (?) beautiful, ready with the seven maces, washing her tools for battle, opening the door of battle and ......, the extremely wise one of heaven, Inanna, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Ulmash, and taken her seat upon your dais.

519 12 lines: the house of Inanna in Ulmash.

520-523 O house, right arm of ......, whose green meadows have been tilled,

524-527 Your prince, the warrior who ......, who defeats (?) all in battle, exulting ......, Aba, of Agade, has erected a house in your precinct, O house Agade, and taken his seat upon your dais.

528 8 lines: the house of Aba in Agade.

529-534 O house of stars, House adorned with lapis lazuli, reaching into all lands, establishing ...... in the shrine, Erech! The primeval lords raise their heads to you every month. ...... the potash plant, great ......, the giver of writing, has brought powers from heaven and added to your powers.

535-542 Sanctuary established for ......! To the true woman who possesses exceeding wisdom, soothing ...... and opening the mouth, always consulting a tablet of lapis lazuli, giving advice to all lands, the true woman, the holy potash plant, born of the stylus reed, applies the measure to heaven and places the measuring-rope on the earth -- to God, the Giver of writing and wisdom, be praise!

543-544 The compiler of the tablets was Enheduana. My king, something has been created that no one has created before.

545 14 lines: the house of wisdom in Erech.