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Lady, you be the brightest of them, so may they call you Ištar of the Stars!
May your high position (relative to them) alternate between the two sides(east and west) triumphantly!
May your splendor be as abundant as that of the moon and sun in (their) watches.
May the flaring glow of your torch shine high in the sky!
May the people marvel at you as one for whom among the gods there is none to check up on her.
Let Antu truly be the spouse equal with you, may she rise up (equal) to the authority of your name
Moreover, in addition, let her carry out herself the decrees of Enlil and Ea.
When she alone has taken hold of the nose-rope of heaven and earth, she shall be our strength
May the people marvel at you as one for whom among the gods there is none to check up on her.
Holy An, the great words of his mouth cannot be stopped The great gods bow down to him, like a curved staff, in approval of and in prayer to him
What you have commanded is just. (Like) that which a prince or lord has uttered, what youhave commanded is obeyed
An, your lofty command takes precedence, who would say No to you?
Father of the gods, your word, the foundation of heaven and earth, no god fails to heed it
Lord, you are the leader who takes only his own counsel, what should be our counsel?
Grant your strength to the maiden Ištar, whom you have loved.
Your reliable approval, weighty as heaven, make known (to her) in our assembly.
Bartholdi and Laboulaye considered how best to express the idea of American liberty.[18] In early American history, two female figures were frequently used as cultural symbols of the nation.[19] One of these symbols, the personified Columbia, was seen as an embodiment of the United States in the manner that Britannia was identified with the United Kingdom and Marianne came to represent France. Columbia had supplanted the earlier figure of an Indian princess, which had come to be regarded as uncivilized and derogatory toward Americans.[19] The other significant female icon in American culture was a representation of Liberty, derived from Libertas, the goddess of freedom widely worshipped in ancient Rome, especially among emancipated slaves. A Liberty figure adorned most American coins of the time,[18] and representations of Liberty appeared in popular and civic art, including Thomas Crawford's Statue of Freedom (1863) atop the dome of the United States Capitol Building.[18]
Artists of the 18th and 19th centuries striving to evoke republican ideals commonly used representations of Libertas as an allegorical symbol.[18] A figure of Liberty was also depicted on the Great Seal of France.[18] However, Bartholdi and Laboulaye avoided an image of revolutionary liberty such as that depicted in Eugène Delacroix's famed Liberty Leading the People (1830). In this painting, which commemorates France's Revolution of 1830, a half-clothed Liberty leads an armed mob over the bodies of the fallen...
originally posted by: Kantzveldt
a reply to: mikegrouchy
On stylistic grounds there was a fair amount of borrowing from other Deities for the statue of liberty, but there is no doubt the French revolutionaries were only concerned with Libertas and her role in the freeing of slaves as represented by the Phrygian cap associated with her cult, the limited role was intentional and it was a mistake to associate her with all expressions of personal liberty, also her adoption by the United States was entirely ridiculous as they were in the business of importing slaves not freeing them.
Bartholdi was inspired by French law professor and politician Édouard René de Laboulaye, who is said to have commented in 1865 that any monument raised to American independence would properly be a joint project of the French and American peoples. He may have been minded to honor the Union victory in the American Civil War and the end of slavery. Due to the troubled political situation in France, work on the statue did not commence until the early 1870s. In 1875, Laboulaye proposed that the French finance the statue and the Americans provide the site and build the pedestal. Bartholdi completed the head and the torch-bearing arm before the statue was fully designed, and these pieces were exhibited for publicity at international expositions.
originally posted by: Kantzveldt
So there we have it, to establish the true rule of Liberty will involve something along the lines of the abolition of the secular state, the eradication of the atheist mentality and all religions that do not recognize the role of Inanna, as well as the tiresome followers of Nebo, this should allow her full expression ...
The commands of my Anu-ship are the complex fundament of heaven which cannot be equaled.
My fixed boundaries whose exteriors are fearsome and know no approaching,I am Anu , the king's helper; do take hold of their band.
Do take for yourself the entire extent of their territory, exercise alonethe ruling of them!
Come, rise up to my dais of kingship and dwell in the heights
Corresponding to my called name, may Exalted Antu be your called name!
My faithful vizier, whose lips are prized, who is aware of my secrets, Ninsubur, my fitting vizier, shall exercise the status of father with you.
May he (standing) before you constantly present auspicious words from(every) god and goddess.