Enki commands Isimud as his two-faced sukkal, dispatching him to pluck forbidden plants in Dilmun and to pursue Inanna's Boat of Heaven in a vain attempt to reclaim the me that Enki had drunkenly bestowed.
Isimud pursued Inanna's Boat of Heaven at every waystation between Eridu and Uruk, demanding the return of the me, but Inanna's attendant Ninshubur repelled him each time until the divine powers reached Uruk beyond recall.
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