The Descent of Inanna

From the Great Above she opened her ear to the Great Below. Inanna gathered the seven divine me, dressed in her finest garments, crowned herself with the shugurra crown, and took the lapis measuring rod in her hand. When she arrived at the lapis gates of Ganzir, the gatekeeper Neti barred the entrance. On Ereshkigal’s order, at each gate one piece of her divine attire was surrendered until at the seventh gate she stood stripped bare.