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193 Fig. 62 trates all. Their sacred area also housed Enlil's "fast-stepping Bird" whose "grasp no one could escape." A "Hymn to Eridu" edited and translated by A. Falkenstein (Sumer, vol. VII) describes how Enki traveled to attend a gathering of all the great gods; the occasion was a visit by Anu to Earth, for one of those deliberations that determined the fate of gods and men on Earth every 3.600 years. After some celebrating, when "the gods the intoxicating beverage had drunk, the wine prepared by men," it was time for solemn decisions. "Anu sat on the seat of honor; near him sat Enlil; Ninharsag sat on an arm chair." Anu called the meeting to order, "and to the Anunnaki thus said": Great gods who had hither come, Annuna-gods, who to the Court of Assembly had come! My son had for himself a House built; The lord Enki His House, in a beautiful place he built. To the place, Eridu, no one uninvited can enter. . . In its sanctuary, from the Abzu the Divine Formulas Enki had deposited. Peace on Earth Eridu like the mountain on Earth he raised; This brought the deliberations to the main item on the agenda: