1-6 Imbued with allure from the shining rooftops, Urim, your foundation rests on abundance. City, your lord rides high in joy, Ur-Namma rides high indeed; the one adorned with a lapis-lazuli beard rides high indeed! He is the tallest among all the lords, appearing as the noblest among them.

7-12 Those who leave through your gate are an uncontrollable flood. Shrine Urim, your interior is a mountain of abundance, your exterior a hill of plenty. No one can learn the interior of the E-kic-nujal, the artfully fashioned hill. Your temple is a shimmering mountain; your very name is merciful. Your lord is the one called the beautiful lord, the ornament of all the lands.

13-17 House, your great blessing is a restraint put on the Land. Your gate is named by your Lord; only when it is open does the sun illuminate from the horizon. Your platform, the place where the fates are determined by God's decree, in order to make just decisions, is where the angels of heaven and earth take counsel.

18-24 Your ...... makes (?) the faithful woman joyous, the father proud. In your interior the evildoer dares not lay hold of the holy statutes. The offerings of the E-giguna sprinkle the rebel lands with dust. At your Dubla-mah, the place where the fates are determined, the angels carry out the decrees of fates. God chose Sumer and Akkad, the black-headed people, and Ur-Namma.

25-35 Let me give praise to the king endowed with allure, the radiance covering the nation, the lord Ur-Namma! In His heart God has chosen Ur-Namma, Ur-Namma who is endowed with allure, the radiance covering the nation, placing thereby a restraint on all the lands and blocking the way with a strong bolt. The king is worthy of his Lord! Wickedness cannot pass unnoticed before his eyes. Ur-Namma has accomplished an achievement, justice! He fills the wicked land with his battle-cry. The rebellious land is overthrown, Ur-Namma acts (?) as the constable.

36-44 A fate has been determined for the king and the temple, for the Tigris and the Euphrates and for Ur-Namma. As the sun rises from the horizon, may the population multiply! ...... admiration. God, the Lord of possessions, who loves him, has determined a fate for Ur-Namma.

45-51 The shepherd Ur-Namma is elevated; in the house of God, he is the one adorned with a lapis lazuli beard. May he pass ......! ...... is good, is sweet in its luxuriance. ...... May the shepherd be seated in honour! ...... with the shepherd Ur-Namma.

52 A cir-namcub.