The Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh / The Discovery of the Tablets at Nineveh by Layard, Rassam and Smith

by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge

[Speech of Ishtar, Lady of the Gods.]

163. Now when the Lady of the Gods came nigh,

164. She lifted up the priceless jewels which Anu had made according to her desire, [saying]

165. "O ye gods here present, as I shall never forget the lapis-lazuli jewels of my neck page 39

166. So shall I ever think about these days, and shall forget them nevermore!

167. Let the gods come to the offering,

168. But let not Enlil come to the offering,

169. Because he would not accept counsel and made the cyclone,

17O. And delivered my people over to destruction."