1-8 The king sailed to Unug towards the princely blessings. Sumer and Akkad marvelled at him as he moored the boat at the quay of Kulaba. With a large wild bull of the mountains with uplifted horns, and with a sheep led by the hand of an en priest at his right side, with a dappled kid and a bearded kid clasped to his breast, he entered the shrine of E-ana to offer them in God's name.

74-79 He who knows the joyful heart of the lady of the palace sheared a black kid, bathed a white kid, and tied a wild bull of the mountains by its nose. Then he brought them into the temple E-babbar which roars like a noble breed-bull, as an offering in the shrine.

80-102 The hero received him with favour, and a fate was decreed for Culgi the good shepherd of Sumer: "King, eloquent and good-looking, mighty hero, born to be a lion, young wild bull standing firm in its vigour, valiant one, unrestrained in his strength, who tramples great mountains underfoot: you have subdued the heroes of the foreign lands, you have trampled upon all the foreign rulers, you have established your name to the ends of the world. Go now in peace to your Master." And so he moored the boat at Enegir, the town built in splendour. (The priest speaks:) "Seed placed in the holy womb, born on the bright mountain, who like a wild bull which lows in its drinking,

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103-117 (The priest speaks:) "...... like syrup ...... ghee ....... You, the hero, coming from the rebel land ....... O king, the Lord of prayers and supplications has chosen you in His heart; shepherd Culgi, the Lord of prayers and supplications has chosen you in His heart. Who can rival (?) a king to whom God has given strength? Who can enter your ......? Who could escape your ......? ...... no one who knows you could wish to strive with you any longer. If (?) they wished ...... battle with you ......, what could escape your outstretched arms? When you shriek like the Anzud-bird, who could stand before you? When you howl like the storm, the foreign lands and the hills tremble like a reed, a split (?) reed ....... The people in the houses of the foreign lands gaze at your deeds (?), the people of Tidnum joyfully admire them.

118-125 "As if you were the sun, your terror radiates in battle. As if you were the Avenger, your battle-mace drools with gore and your spear reaches into the blood of the Land. You are the great door of the city, you are the great wall of the Land. You are a net piled up (?) over heaven and earth, you are a ...... laid around (?) Sumer. May ...... proclaim your glory in abundance! May the words of God, which are so enormous, provide a shelter over your head!"

126-131 After the priest had pronounced ...... and (?) blessings, Culgi provided a lavish choice of ewes and lambs, he provided a lavish choice of goats and kids, he ...... generously white cows and calves, and then entered with them in his E-temen-ni-guru and lifted his head high in the royal chamber, its most suitable hall, in its royal offering place, the holy place.

132-140 His Master looked at him with favour and decreed a fate for Culgi, the good shepherd of Sumer: "Hero, lord, mighty one of the foreign lands, the right arm of the Land, you have achieved victory for me, have carried out what I have commanded you. You have reduced to ruins the houses of the rebel land that I have cursed. May you never grow weary of perfecting the rites for me every month at the new moon! May your name be as sweet in the mouth of the Land and in the mouths of all the countries!" Thus a good fate was decreed for him.

141-150 He took his seat on the holy dais in the lofty palace. He, the judge of Sumer, omniscient from birth, decrees judgments in due order for the Land, and makes decisions in due order for the Land, so that the strong does not abuse (?) the weak, so that the mother speaks tenderly with her child and the child answers truthfully to his father. Under him, Sumer is filled with abundance, Urim is prolonged in splendour, and ...... is established.

151-159 Because the king exulted in his triumph and let his might radiate, because he implemented (?) his heroism perfectly, made the rebellious land bow and made our city, Urim, rise in prosperity; because the king is adorned with a lapis-lazuli headdress; because the servant of God lifts his head high, wearing a wide crown; because he takes counsel in his lofty place and is enthroned on a great dais; because he makes the Land of Sumer and all the foreign lands dance with joy day and night, may the Lord be praised.

160 God be praised!