"Rise like the sun over my holy breast! You are the jewel of my throat! Praise be to you, Enmerkar, the son of Utu!"

"His speech was substantial, and its contents extensive. The messenger, whose mouth was heavy, was not able to repeat …"

"If my city becomes a ruin mound, then I will be a potsherd of it, but I will never submit to the lord of Unug, the lo…"

"No city was made to be so well-built as the city of Unug."

"Lest I make the people fly off from that city like a wild dove from its tree, lest I make them fly around like a bird…"

"Chant to him the holy song, the incantation sung in its chambers -- the incantation of Nudimmud: "On that day when th…"

"Messenger, by night, drive on like the south wind! By day, be up like the dew!"

"Once upon a time my princely sister holy Inana summoned me in her holy heart from the bright mountains, had me enter …"

"Come, Enmerkar! I shall offer you advice: let my counsel be heeded. I shall speak words to you; let them be heard."

"When the city was only a double-hour distant, the armies of Unug and Kulaba encamped by the posts and ditches that su…"