"I am the prince who decides the destiny of rolling rivers. I keep on the straight and narrow path the righteous who f…"

"Come now, my Lugalbanda. I shall give you some advice: may my advice be heeded. I shall say words to you: bear them i…"

"Fair fortune may conceal foul."

"Lugalbanda lies idle in the mountains, in the faraway places; he has ventured into the Zabu mountains. No mother is w…"

"In the mountains where no cypresses grow, where no snake slithers, where no scorpion stings, in the midst of the moun…"

"The bird uttered a cry of grief that reached up to heaven, his wife cried out "Woe!" Her cry reached the abzu. The bi…"

"Let the power of running be in my thighs, let me never grow tired! Let there be strength in my arms, let me stretch m…"

"Anzud flew on high, Lugalbanda walked on the ground. The bird, looking from above, spies the troops. Lugalbanda, look…"

"A bird that darts by in the heavens. The Anzud bird decides the fates with the Anuna gods."

"For a seabird, the is diminutive. It stands just 18–20cm (7–8in), which is about as tall as a paperback novel, and it…"