Neti stands as chief gatekeeper at the seven gates of Kur, controlling passage between the world of the living and the land of no return, where even gods must submit to his authority at each threshold.
Ereshkigal commands Neti as her chief gatekeeper, and when Inanna arrived at the outer gate, Neti reported her presence to his queen and carried out her decree to strip the goddess of one divine garment at each of the seven thresholds.
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