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Urim, your holy city, rivalling heaven and earth, whose great prince you are, [...] which dispenses the divine powers and makes the foundations and the plans firm both in the south and in the uplands, will surely escape from the grasp.

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As long as my lord is alive, he will exercise kingship over Urim.

The place there where the boats moor will be under my responsibility.

May An, Enlil and Enki, who have loved Ibbi-Suen from the womb, look upon him approvingly.

Your heart should not fret over this. [...] Let your heart be glad over.

Elam, a raging dog, a destroyer, will not defile E-kic-nu-jal, the sanctuary which covers heaven and earth. [...] Its protective spirits shall not be split apart!

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