"Because of your purity, youthful Utu has made everything abundant for you; may a sweet life be your lot, son of Ninsu…"

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

"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…"

"opened his mouth, saying to Gilgamesh: "where you've set your mind begin the journey, let your heart have no fear, ke…"

"Father, let me have the Bull of Heaven To kill Gilgamesh and his city. For if you do not grant me the Bull of Heaven,…"

"The life that you seek you never will find: when the gods created mankind, death they dispensed to mankind, life they…"

"O Mighty King, remember now that only gods stay in eternal watch. Humans come then go, that is the way fate decreed o…"

"O man of Shurrupak, son of Ubara-Tutu; tear down your house and build a boat, abandon possessions and look for life, …"

"For six days and six nights the winds blew, torrent and tempest and flood overwhelmed the world, tempest and flood ra…"

"When the seventh day dawned I loosed a dove and let her go. She flew away, but finding no resting-place she returned.…"