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82 My beloved met me, took his pleasure of me. rejoiced together with me. The brother brought me to his house, made me lie on its sweet bed .. . In unison, the tongue-making in unison, my brother of fairest face made fifty times. This can only be understood if we bear in mind that the code pro- hibited marriage, but not lovemaking, between full brother and _ sis- ter. On the other hand, marriage with a half-sister was allowed; male progeny by a half-sister even had precedence in the hierar- chical order. And while rape was condemned, sex—even iregular and violent—was condoned if done for the sake of succession to the throne. A long tale relates how Enki. seeking a male son by his (and Enlil's) half-sister Sud, forced his attentions on her when she was alone and "poured the semen in the womb." When she gave birth to a daughter (rather than to a son), Enki lost no time making love to the girl as soon as she became "young and fair ... He took his joy of her, he embraced her, lay in her lap: he touches the thighs, he touches the . . . with the young one he cohabits." This went on unabashedly with a succession of young daughters, until Sud put a curse on Enki, which paralyzed him; only then did these sexual antics in search of a male heir stop. When Enki engaged in these sexual efforts, he was already es- poused to Ninki, which illustrates that the same code which con- demned rape did not prohibit extramarital affairs per se. We also know that the gods were allowed any number of wives and concu- bines (a text catalogued as CT-24 listed six of Anu's concubines), but, if married, they had to select one as their official spouse- preferring, as we have mentioned, a half-sister for this role. If the god, apart from his given name and many epithets, was also bestowed with a title-name, his official consort was also hon- ored with the feminine form of such title. Thus when AN received his title-name ("The Heavenly"), his consort was called ANTU, Anu and Antum in Akkadian. The nurse who had married Enlil ("Lord of Command") received the title-name Ninlil ("Lady of Command"); Enki's spouse Damkina was called Ninki, and soon. Because of the importance of the family relationships between these great Anunnaki, many so-called God Lists prepared by an- cient scribes were genealogical in nature. In one such major list, titled by the ancient scribes the "AN : ilu Anum" series, there are THE WARS OF GODS AND MEN