| Chapter 3: | Goddesses of the Ancient Near East |
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Figure 17. Inanna figurine. Alabaster, garnets, and gold. ht. 9”. ca. fifth century BCE. Seleucid; Babylonian. Louvre, Inv. AO 20127. Courtesy of the Musée du Louvre. Photograph by Gregory L. Dexter.
Inanna and Ereshkigal. Inanna's descent into the underworld was a descent to her sister, Ereshkigal; in reuniting with her sister, she actually achieved the wholeness of “The Great Above” and “The Great Below.” But, as the text of the Descent of Inanna