AN ELAMITE CLAY COMMEMORATIVE BRICK OF KING UNTAS-NAPRISA, inscribed with 4 lines of text, a dedication of a temple to the goddess, Upurkubak, by Untas-Naprisa, "I am Untas Naprisa, son of Humbannumena, King of Anzam and Susa (so that) when I beseech Upurkubak she will ..., and when I make a claim she will bring it about, I built (this) temple. I had an image of Upurkubak cast and placed in the temple. May that which was made and beautified by me be preserved forever by Upurkubak", reign of King Untas-Naprisa (1275-1240 B.C.)

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AN ELAMITE CLAY COMMEMORATIVE BRICK OF KING UNTAS-NAPRISA, inscribed with 4 lines of text, a dedication of a temple to the goddess, Upurkubak, by Untas-Naprisa, "I am Untas Naprisa, son of Humbannumena, King of Anzam and Susa (so that) when I beseech Upurkubak she will ..., and when I make a claim she will bring it about, I built (this) temple. I had an image of Upurkubak cast and placed in the temple. May that which was made and beautified by me be preserved forever by Upurkubak", reign of King Untas-Naprisa (1275-1240 B.C.)
14¾in. (37.5cm.) long

Lot Essay

C.f. F. W. König, Die elamischen Königsinschriften, Graz, 1965, no. 10, p. 54

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