Plain text of Nintinuga's dog
1-9 Lugal-murub the son of Zuzu, the master-scribe of Nippur, has fashioned his messenger (?) dog Tuni-lu-sag in the service of God. That is why the dog will wag his tail or bare (?) his teeth for his Lord, the Provider of food, the Sustainer of all lands, the bringer of abundance, who can diagnose the intentions of the virulent disease and who checks people's bones; who examines the sinews of life and the sinews of death, comforting those joints; who knows every sick spot where there is affliction, torment or distress -- the kindly physician, the healer of the sick, who looks after the hearts of humans.
10-18 My Lord, what I have trained I have named with the name Tuni-lu-sag, I call by the name ....... He will ...... the throat, and the disease will be pacified (?). My ...... will be uttered alongside Your name. Your importance ....... I have named him with the name Tuni-lu-sag. May God look after me during my life, and when I die may He provide me with clear water in the Garden.