"The hoe, the implement whose destiny was fixed by father Enlil -- the renowned hoe! Nisaba be praised!"

"Not only did the lord make the world appear in its correct form, the lord who never changes the destinies which he de…"

"Here, in 'Where Flesh Came Forth' (𒍜𒌓𒁺𒀀), he set this very hoe to work; he had it place the first model of mankin…"

"The E-kur, the temple of Enlil, was founded by the hoe. By day it was building it, by night it caused the temple to g…"

"The king who measured up the hoe and who passes his time in its tracks, the hero Ninurta, has introduced working with…"

"The hoe buries people, but dead people are also brought up from the ground by the hoe. With the hoe, the hero honoure…"

"In the sky there is the altirigu-bird, the bird of the god. On the earth there is the hoe: a dog in the reed-beds, a …"

"The tree of the hillsides is the oak. The fragrance of the hillsides is the conifer balm. The precious stone of the h…"

"The Sumerian theologians, again no doubt taking their cue from the human world about them, adduced a significant meta…"

"Unable to stand up, unable to sit down, he laments. Unable to eat, unable to drink, he laments. Held fast by the door…"