King Rimish Quote From TextWritten on a socle of a statue: (Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!) (gods in blue …mixed-breed demigods in teal…) “Rimish, king of the universe, he vanquished Abalgamash, the king of Parahshum, in battle. (The troops of) Zahara and Elam gathered in Parahshum, and he vanquished (them) and fell 16,212 men. He took 4,216 prisoners captive and took Emahsini, the king of Elam, captive. He took all … of Elam captive and took Sidgau, the general of Parahshum, captive. He took Shargapi, the general of Zahara, captive. Between Awan and Susa, in the “middle river” He heaped destruction upon them around the city. He slew the cities of Elam and destroyed their walls and uprooted the foundation of Parahshum in the land of Elam. Rimush, king of the universe, ruled over Elam. Enlil made it possible: In the third year that Enlil gave him the kingship, (there were) in total 9,624 men, including the fallen, including the prisoners. By Shamash (Utu) and Llaba (unidentified?) I swear: “Verily indeed these are not lies!” At the time of this battle he made a statue of himself and devoted it to Enlil, his helper. Whoever should remove this inscription, may Enlil and Shamah uproot his foundation and obliterate his progency… As for anyone who removes the name of Rimush, king of the universe, and places his name on the statue of Rimush and declares, ‘(it is) my statue’; may Enlil, the owner of this statue, and Shamash uproot his foundation and obliterate his progency. May the two of them not grant him a male (heir). May he not stand before his god. When he smote Elam and Parahshum, he brought back thirty minas of gold, 3,600 minas of copper, and 360 male slaves and female slaves and presented them as a votive to Enlil ....”
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