Page 1584 of the Holy Tablets

 162 Remove my shame and provide me with a son!'

163 Shamash made his voice heard and spoke to Etana,
164 'Go along the road, cross the mountain,
165 Find a pit and look carefully down there.
166 It will show you the plant of birth.'
167 At the command of Shamash, the warrior,
168 Etana went across the mountain,
169 Found the pit and looked at what was inside it.
170 An eagle-man was abandoned down there.
171 The eagle-man raise itself up at once.

Tablet Two
Etana II
(19x6=114)

Lo! The eagle-man made its voice heard and spoke to Shamash,
2 'O ruler, I thank you.
3 The offspring of mine that of a bird I pledge to you.
4 Whatever I say, in honor of you.
5 At the command of Shamash, I am saved.
6 The Offspring of mine that is of the bird, I pledge to you.
7 The eagle-man made its voice heard and spoke to Etana,
8 "Why have you come to me? Tell me!"
9 Etana made his voice heard and spoke to the eagle-man:
10 'O my friend, give me the plant of birth,
11 Show me the plant of birth!
12 Remove my shame and provide me with a son!
13 Leave the plant with me when you get out, leave it I beg you.'
14 Then the eagle-man said to Etana, the ruler of Kish,
15 'All alone I shall search the mountains and cross the road.
16 Let me bring the plant of birth as I promised to you.'
17 When Etana heard this,
18 He covered the front of the pit with Juniper,
19 Made for it and threw down its wings and kept the plant.
20 Thus, he kept the eagle-man alive in the pit.
21 He began to teach it to fly again.
22 For one month, then a second month.
23 He kept the plant and the eagle-man alive in the pit.
24 And began to teach it to fly again.
25 For a third month, then a fourth month.
26 He kept the plant and the eagle-man alive in the pit.
27 And began to teach it to the fly again.
28 Etana helped it for seven months. In the eighth month he helped it out of its pit.
29 The eagle-man, now well fed, was as strong as a fierce lion.
30 The eagle-man made its voice heard and spoke to Etana,
31 'My friend, we really are friends, you and I!
32 Tell me what you wish from me, that I may give it to you.'
33 Etana made his voice heard and spoke to the eagle-man,