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Sign name: U.EN×GAN₂tenu (ŠIBIR and U.BURU₁₄)
Values: šibir

A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi B) (c.2.4.2.02), line c24202.5

gal-an-zu	niĝ₂	saĝ-bi-še₃	e₃-a-na	mu	da-ri₂-bi-im
GAL-AN-ZU	NIĝ₂	SAĝ-BI-šE₃	E₃-A-NA	MU	DA-RI₂-BI-IM
gal-an-zu	niĝ₂	saĝ	e₃	mu	da-ri₂
wise	thing	head	to go out or in	name	eternal

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To make his name famous for all time until distant days, and to transmit to posterity and the days to come the praise poems of his power, the songs of his might, and the lasting fame of his exceptional intelligence, King Šulgi, king of Urim, has brought the songs' latent wisdom before the mighty son of Ninsumun. He praises his own power in song, and lauds his own superior native intelligence:

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary