#esarhaddon

This Neo-Assyrian prophecy is part of a tablet of collected prophecies to Esarhaddon by the prophet La-dagil-ili; some prophecies are from the god Aššur, but this one is from Ištar.

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The word of Ištar of Arbela to Esarhaddon, king of Assyria:

As if I did not give you something that couldn’t be done!

Didn’t I twist the four buttresses of Assyria and give them to you?  Didn’t I defeat your enemy?  Didn’t I gather your raging rivals and your foes like butterflies?

But you — what have you given to me?  The food for my banquet is missing, as if there were no temple!  My food is denied to me; my cup is denied to me.  I’m waiting for them, gazing in anticipation.

I’m serious: set up ten liters of stewed food and a ten-liter goblet of fine beer!  I want to spoon vegetables and soup into my mouth!  I want to fill the cup and drink from it!  I want to restore my glamour!