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166 great pyramids of Giza) who had tried to escape camouflaged in a ram's skin: Horus. Asserting that she was acting with the approval of Anu, Ninhar- sag took the surrender offer of Enki to Enlil. She met him in the ney Se Oe Oe ee Fs Oe ed nk A Leta on presence of Adad (while Ninurta remained at the battlefield). "O hear my prayers!" she begged the two gods as she explained her ideas. Adad was at first adamant: Presenting himself there, to the Mother, Adad thus said: "We are expecting victory. The enemy forces are beaten. The trembling of the land he could not withstand." win: "Get up and go—talk to the enemy. Let him attend the discussions Enlil opened his mouth; In the assembly of the gods he said: "Whereas Anu at the mountain the gods assembled, warfare to discourage, peace to bring, and has dispatched the Mother of the Gods to entreat with me— "Go, appease my brother! Raise unto him a hand for Life; From his barred doorway, let him come out!" Doing as suggested, Ninharsag "his brother went to fetch, put her prayers before the god." She informed him that his safety, and that of his sons, was assured: "by the stars she gave a sign." THE WARS OF GODS AND MEN If she wants to bring about a cessation of hostilities, Adad_ said, ee ee aM Alaa eteee ne a Lente dae a Ne ee he ae let her call discussions on the basis that the Enlilites are about to so that the attack be withdrawn." Enlil, in less forceful language, supported the suggestion: Let the Mother of the Gods be an emissary." Turning to his sister, he said in a conciliatory vein: