She instructs Enmerkar to send a messenger to the lord of Aratta to ask for the resources Uruk needs .
Inanna , who is the patron goddess of both cities , appears to Enmerkar at the beginning of the poem and tells him that she favors Uruk over Aratta .
Inanna instructs Enmerkar to send a messenger to the lord of Aratta to ask for the resources Uruk needs .
Inanna , who is the patron goddess of both cities , appears to Enmerkar at the beginning of the poem and tells him that she favors Uruk over Aratta .