Correspondence of the Kings of Ur Quotes

“My lord, I am without fear!”

“My lord: the loudest roarer.”

“My throne is not the throne of Culgi!”

“Before Utu, I will not change my word.”

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

“Your matter is an important matter, and your affairs are great affairs.”

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

“A man such as he knows my heart, as your eyes know. My lord, with the open eye of a god.”

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

“I have not neglected the instructions of my lord Culgi: both at night and in the noonday heat.”

“My lord, your word is the word of An, [...] Your decreed destiny has been bestowed on you as on a god.”

“By consulting omens and according to my heart's desire I have benefitted the life of the troops and the province.”

“I stand at the disposal of the fame and word of my lord. [...] Let the storm cover all the lands! May my lord know!”

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

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“Let my roar be emitted over all the lands.
Let my powerful arm, my heroic arm, fall upon all the lands.
Let my storm cover the Land.”

“How could I bear a grudge? I am securing the foundations of the province, and making it obedient. My lord, no king can rival you; let your heart be glad!”

“My lord continues to maintain his sublime reputation in the south and the uplands, from the rising to the setting sun, as far as the borders of the entire Land.”

“That I should guard for you Isin, and Nibru: let it be my responsibility. My lord should know this!”

“That was how I instructed you. Why did you not act as I ordered you? You were not empowered to kill anyone, to blind people or to destroy cities; but I gave you authority to do so.”