"Let me harness you a chariot of lapis lazuli and gold, its wheels shall be gold and its horns shall be amber. Driving…"

"He carved on a stone stela all of his toils, and built the wall of Uruk-Haven, the wall of the sacred Eanna Temple, t…"

"The day grew still, darkness came forth, there was a flash of lightning, fire broke out.The flames flared up, death r…"

"Father, give me, please, the Bull of Heaven, so in his dwelling I may slay Gilgamesh! If you do not give me the Bull …"

"The destiny was fulfilled which the father of the gods, Enlil of the mountain, had decreed for Gilgamesh: "In nether-…"

"Ever do we build our households, ever do we make our nests, ever do brothers divide their inheritance, ever do feuds …"

"Even the gods took fright at the Deluge, they left and went up to the heaven of Anu, lying like dogs curled up in the…"

"The seventh day when it came, I brought out a dove, I let it loose: off went the dove but then it returned, there was…"

"What should I do and where should I go? A thief has taken hold of my flesh! For there in my bed-chamber Death does ab…"

"Who is there, my friend, can climb to the sky? Only the gods dwell forever in sunlight. As for man, his days are numb…"