"Enki and Inanna drank beer together.
They drank more beer together.
They drank more and more beer together.
With their bronze vessels filled to overflowing,
With the Vessels of Urash, Mother of the Earth, 
They toasted each other; they challenged each other.

Enki, swaying with drink, toasted Inanna:
  "In the name of my power! In the name of my holy shrine!
   To my daughter Inanna I shall give 
   The high priesthood! Godship!
   The noble, enduring crown! The throne of kingship!"

Inanna replied:
   "I take them!"

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Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth p 14.