Editing Shulgi (section)

===Royal hymns===
[[File:Self-praise of Shulgi (Shulgi D).jpg|thumb|320px|Text of the "[[Self-praise of Shulgi (Shulgi D)]]".]]
Shulgi also boasted about his ability to maintain high speeds while running long distances. He claimed in his 7th regnal year to have run from [[Nippur]] to [[Ur]], a distance of not less than 100&nbsp;miles.<ref name="Hamblin">[[William J. Hamblin|Hamblin, William J.]]  ''Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC''.  New York: Routledge, 2006.</ref> Kramer refers to Shulgi as "The first long distance running champion."<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/download/57398378/Kramer_1956_History_Begins_at_Sumer.pdf]Kramer, Samuel Noah, "Shulgi of Ur: The First Long-Distance Champion", in History begins at Sumer: Thirty-nine firsts in recorded history, University of Pennsylvania press, pp. 284-289, 1981</ref>

Shulgi wrote 26 royal hymns to glorify himself and his actions. In one Shulgi claimed that he spoke [[Elamite language|Elamite]] as well as he spoke [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]].<ref>Klein, Jacob, "The Royal Hymns of Shulgi King of Ur: man's quest for immortal fame", Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 71.7, pp. 1-48, 1981</ref><ref>Kramer, Samuel Noah, "Shulgi of Ur: A royal hymn and a divine blessing", The Jewish Quarterly Review 57, pp. 369-380, 1967</ref> In another he refers to himself as "the king of the four-quarters, the pastor of the [[Sumer|black-headed people]]".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Liverani |first1=Mario |title=The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-75084-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0d1JAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 |language=en}}</ref>