O hastening steed, sturdy one, whose knees do not grow weary,

Who dost open the road for the gods, thy brothers.

In other passages, it is a bull or steer:

O strong young bull with huge horns, perfect in limbs,

with beard of lapis-lazuli color, full of glory and perfection.

—Hymn to Sin No. 5.

Great steer mighty lord, destroyer of the hostile land.

—Hymn to Nergal No. 4.

Powerful one great strong steer.

—Hymn to Nergal No. 6.