“Under one command I caused them to be only fixed.”
Naram-Sin—the beloved of Sin, the Moon God—continued the military advances of his father. The records remaining state that he invaded Egypt and held in possession for a time Maganna, the land of Magan, the region of the turquoise and copper mines and of the famous diorite.
A vase discovered at Babylon and since lost in the Tigris, has on it the inscription:
“To Naram-Sin, King of the Four Races, Conqueror of Apirak and Magan.”
A second alabaster vase was found by M. de Sarazec in the ruins of Tel-Loh, having inscribed on it the words:
“Naram-Sin, King of the Four Regions,” or king of the north, south, east and west.
This vase was imbedded in the masonry, evidently later restorations of the earlier buildings of Gudea.
A cylinder found by General Cesnola, at Cyprus has on it an inscription declaring its owner as a worshipper of Naram-Sin, who it seems had been deified by his subjects.
In the first volume of Babylonian inscriptions found at Nippur, Prof. Hilfrecht records six inscriptions of Sargon, two brick stamps of baked clay, fragments of many vases and three door sockets, most of these temple offerings to Bel—Mul-lil, of Nippur. The door sockets contain the longest inscriptions of Sargon thus far known.
There are many inscriptions of Naram-Sin in the Nippur remains, and yet more now in course of translation. These refer again to the restoration by these kings of the temple of Bel and their dominion over the whole of South Babylonia.