"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."

"May the people marvel admiringly, and may Utu witness it in joy."

"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…"