Akkadian retelling of the Inanna descent — Ishtar passes through seven gates to her sister Ereshkigal, is held prisoner, and is restored. Brief, dense, and the more widely-read version of the myth in antiquity.
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Tradition
Akkadian poem, attested from the Middle Assyrian period onward. A condensed, more theologically resolved descent than the older Sumerian version.
Translation
R. W. Rogers, *Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament* (New York: Eaton & Mains, 1912), pp. 121-130. Public domain.
License
Public domain (pre-1929 English translation). Reproduced for educational and religious commentary.