The first door he caused her to enter, and halting, Removed the great crown from her head. "Why tak'st thou the great crown from my head, O porter?" "O enter, my lady, 'tis the law of Allatu." The next door he caused her to enter, and halting, The rings were removed from her ears. "Why tak'st thou the rings from my ears, O porter?" "O enter, my lady, 'tis the law of Allatu." The third door he caused her to enter, and halting, The necklace removed from her neck. "Why tak'st thou from my neck the necklace, O porter?" "O enter, my lady, 'tis the law of Allatu." The fourth door he caused her to enter, and halting, Her jewels removed from her breast. "Why tak'st thou from my breast the jewels, O porter?" "O enter, my lady, 'tis the law of Allatu." The fifth door he caused her to enter, and halting, The bearing-stone girdle he took off from her waist. "Why tak'st thou from my waist my gemmed-girdle, O porter?" "O enter, my lady, 'tis the law of Allatu." The sixth door he caused her to enter, and halting, Took the rings from her hands and her feet. "Why from hands and from feet take the rings, pray, O porter?" "O enter, my lady, 'tis the law of Allatu." The seventh door he caused her to enter, and halting, From her body her cincture removed. "Why take from my body my cincture, O porter?" "O enter, my lady, 'tis the law of Allatu." To the land without regress when Ishtar descended, Allatu beheld her and raged in her presence; Imprudently, boldly, did Ishtar attack her. Then opened Allatu her mouth and commanded, To Namtar, her servant, the order was given: "Go Namtar, confine her.... With disease of the eye, and the hip, and the foot, With disease of the heart, and the scalp, go smite Ishtar, Afflict her whole person!" After Ishtar, the goddess, had (been thus afflicted) (?) The bull no more covered the cow, nor ass gendered; No more in the street lay the man with the maiden; The man went asleep in his place, In her place slept the maiden. The god's-servant, Pap-su-kal, face down and sad-visaged, Was clothed in the garb of deep mourning. Shamash went, sorely wept before Sin, his father, His tears ran down before the king, Ea, Saying: "Ishtar's gone down to the land, and returns not. Since Ishtar's descent to the land without regress The bull no more covers the cow, nor ass genders; No more in the street lies the man with the maiden. The man falls asleep in his place, In her place sleeps the maiden."