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(i 1) For Lugal-emuš. (i 2) En-metena, ruler of Lagaš, chosen by Nanše in the heart, chief governor of Ninĝirsu, child of En-ana-tum, ruler of Lagaš, built the sanctuary of Dugru for Ninĝirsu, built him the A-huš, the temple that is looked upon with favour, and made them worthy of him. He fashioned him the chariot that heaps up the foreign lands for Ninĝirsu, the "May all bow down!" of the road to Eridug, whose fearsomeness (reaches) until the heart of the foreign lands. He built him the E-dur-zile. (iii 3) For Lugal-Uruba he built his great temple in Urub. For Nanše he built the E-engur in…