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Plain text of A hymn to the mighty protectors for Ibbi-Suen (Ibbi-Suen B)

Segment A

6 You of august power, my prince Ibbi-Suen!

8-13 You are superlative, my master, you are superlative! Your power reaches to the outer limits of heaven. Lord Lugal-era, you are superlative, your power reaches to the outer limits of heaven. Your powers are artfully fashioned powers, incomparable powers! Sea with high waves, you are imbued with terrible fearsomeness! Mighty one who dwells in the Land, your great awesomeness covers heaven and earth!

15-16 I will praise your greatness! You are superlative, my master, you are superlative! Your power reaches to the outer limits of heaven.

18-31 Trustworthy warrior, I will praise you! Lord Lugal-era, I will praise you! You are a great and august neck-stock for the wicked, a great awesomeness resting heavily upon the Land, a heavy flood-wave covering the foreign land. Your river is a mighty river, the river which determines destinies, an august river where the sun rises, which nobody can bear to look upon. Great barge riding on the flood waters, Lord Lugal-era: when you set foot in the place where all mankind is gathered, the princes of the underworld bow down before you; in the abyss you emit a bright light to them. Lord Lugal-era, your greatness extends to the outer limits of heaven.

33 You of august power, my prince Ibbi-Suen!

35-43 My king, let me tell of your greatness! Lord Lugal-era, I will praise your greatness! You are august, you alone are august! Mighty, trustworthy lord by himself, River of the Ordeal, decision-making lord who hates evil, who loves justice.

44-61 They are the lords for whom the Most High and the Lord have determined their destiny. When everything had been brought into existence in heaven and earth, their destiny was great. ... of the princes, my Ibbi-Suen! ... is great, a great wall which ... the foreign lands. Perfecting the great powers, he, the beloved of the Lord, ... the wicked like Lugal-era. In his august power Meslamta-ea greatly, in his august power he greatly ... When he opens his mouth ..., eradicating the foreign lands, he heaps up the enemies in piles. In his august power Lord Lugal-era greatly, in his august power he greatly ..., a favourable sign. They are kings.

Segment B

1-13 They are great warriors: their greatness is like the empty desert wastes. They are both the lords of the River, the River of the Ordeal which clears the just man. They weigh upon the evil man like a neck-stock. In Kisiga, their very anciently founded city, the trustworthy does not get caught, but the evil cannot pass through. They are a source of comfort to the hearts of the righteous. The place for which the Most High and the Lord have determined its destiny, its powers are holy.

Segment C

1-6 Its powers ... The seven powers, grandly established, adorned with the powers by the prince. The warrior qualities of Meslamta-ea and Lord Lugal-era in the foreign lands; their greatness shines forth to the outer limits of heaven and earth, to the outer limits of heaven and earth.

8 You of august power, my prince Ibbi-Suen!

10-11 Their power is a storm which could eradicate the Land. Meslamta-ea and Lord Lugal-era, it is sweet to praise you!