While fleeing on a boat named for this place, one sukkal is repeatedly told "water has not touched your hands, water has not touched your feet." Adapa gains the favor of two doorkeepers in this place by wearing mourning clothes. A dream about being abducted from this place is interpreted by Geshtinanna, who is later taken from this place for 6 months by the galla. The Igigi inhabit this place, which is identified with the ribs of Abzu's consort. In several myths, the world becomes habitable after Enlil creates this place separate from Ki. A queen of this place calls for the death of a king's companion who threw a creature's thigh at her face. The first line of the Enuma (-5[1])Elish evokes this place, which names a bull that Ishtar sent to attack Gilgamesh. For 10 points, ancient Mesopotamians built ziggurats to be closer to what divine realm? ■END■ (10[1])