In Uruk he built walls, a great rampart, and the temple of blessed Eanna for the goddess of the firmament Anu, and for Ishtar the goddess of love. Look at it still today: the outer wall where the cornice runs, it shines with the brilliance of copper; and the inner wall, it has no equal. Touch the threshold, it is ancient.
N.K. Sandars vs. Anonymous Akkadians, The Epic of Gilgamesh, c. 2500 / 2100 BCE