The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
**(Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!)**
(gods in blue… mixed-breed demigods in teal)
(Gudea, 2/3rds divine son-king of Ninsun’s, Ninurta’s grandson) 1-2 Speak to my god: this is what Gudea, your servant, says: 3-4 I am like a sheep who has no reliable shepherd; there is no reliable herdsman to lead me on. 5-6 An unintelligent merchant transported me (?) for trading purposes. With a vicious whip he … me cruelly like a donkey. 7-9 I am noble (?) but do not utter a word, being vigilantly (?) … Seven times … has not … my accomplishments. Seven times my god (?) has not been able to find out about their extent. 10 My god, I am not one to be hostile. May you show sympathy towards me once again.