Every Babylonian woman had to come to the temple of the goddess of fertility and give her body for the night to a foreigner for whatever price he deemed worth it.This applied to both wealthy and poor women.A woman would not leave the temple until she performed the ritual

It was evening.I am standing at the entrance to the temple of the goddess of fertility,leaning my back against the marble wall and looking at the sky.The sun is already red and low above the horizon