If thou shouldst set forth to Sippar, thy life would not endure a single day.
Eight days after the fall of Sippar, the army of the Elamite king lay encamped before Babylon.
If Gobryas knows that thou art in Sippar the city will surely be assaulted, and will as surely fall.
These kings of Agade extended their jurisdiction as far north, at least, as Nippur on the one side and Sippar on the other.
Tablet sculptured with a scene representing the worship of the Sun-god in the Temple of Sippar.
