Artifacts and parenthetical commentary added by editor R. Brown.
“When (the god) Enlil favorably summoned him (Lugalkiginedudu) and combined the kingship and the lordship for him, Enlil, king of all the lands, had Lugalkiginedudu exercise lordship in Uruk, had him exercise lordship in Ur. In great joy, Lugalkiginedudu dedicated (this stone vessel), for (the sake of) his (own) life, to Enlil, his beloved king.”
“(The god) An (Anu), king of all the lands, and (goddess) Inanna, queen of the (temple) of Eana, Lugalkiginedudu, king of Kish— when Inanna combined lordship with kingship for Lugakkiginedudu, he exercised lordship in Uruk and kingship in Ur …”