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275 Africa). For the trip Inanna put on her attire of an aeronaut; the seven items listed in the texts match her depiction on a life-size statue that was unearthed in Mari (Fig. 95a, b). As an admission fee to the restricted zone Inanna had to give up her possessions, one at a time, as she passed through the domain's seven gates; then, "naked and bowed low, Inanna entered the throne room." No sooner had the two sisters set eyes on each other than both flew into a rage; and Ereshkigal ordered her Sukkal Namtar to seize Inanna and afflict her from head to toe. "Inanna was turned into a corpse, hung from a stake." Foreseeing trouble, Inanna had instructed her emissary Nin- shubur, before she had left on the risky journey, to raise an outcry for her if she does not return within three days. Realiz- ing that Inanna was in trouble, Ninshubur rushed from god to god to seek help; but none except Enki could counteract the death-dealing Namtar. His name meant "Terminator;" the Assyrians and Babylonians nicknamed him Memittu— "The Killer," an Angel of Death. Unlike the deities or hu- mans, "he has no hands, he has no feet; he drinks no water, Angels and Other Emissaries Figures 95a and 95b