A clay tablet appeared late one night. It was encased in a dark
case of a hard resinous material. The clay itself was violet.
Deciphering the cracks as cuneiform resulted in this fragment
of a Gilgamesh-ite epic :
... then Ishtar drank many [quarts?] of beer
dark foaming bounty of the plains
[...]
wrapped herself in a cloak of spiderweb and [...]
came to the Gate of Hell, the dark portal under the [stairs]
the guardian beast would bar her entrance
would refuse her passage to the Palace of Lords of the Dark
She put on her majesty, her Goddess' glory,
pushed them [aside], pushed them [...] mud
Saying "all know me, I am Ishtar and ageless"
Threw open the Gate of Hell where judgement is done
All the ghosts were there in the forecourt
Drifting back and forth, to and fro,
Wailing and shrieking [...]
[sound of falling rocks?]
Ishtar went to the high point where the judgement is made
Went to the high point overlooking the court
Turned to address them to bring them outside
As one they lifted their pale wasted faces
Faces opened as one to address her
Insulting her godhood and screaming in anger
"Oh ignorant goddess in false garb [...] bad face-paint
Close the damned Gate and [extinguish] the [sun]light!"
(Pseudoapocrypha 18, 989784 OGE, pp 1432-1434 Kadath)