An-nu-na-ci from forests, mounts around, And from the streams and lakes, and ocean, trees, And all that haunt the godly place, to please The lovers, softly chant and dance around To cymbals, lyres until the rocks resound, Of goddess Ishtar chant, and Izdubar, The Queen of Love wed to the King of War.

Nu da.... Of course these are very troublesome times, and as you say things have to move in a hurry.

These two peoples, apparently largely of Mongol origin, had been subject in the past to Hsiung-nu overlordship.

8 Hsiung-nu policy In foreign policy the first period of the Later Han dynasty was one of extraordinary success, both in the extreme south and in the question of the Hsiung-nu.