(mixed-breed demigods in teal…)

We read in the inegmatic text that during the Gutian occupation that followed Naram-Sin’s reign, the divine object lay untouched         **“**beside the dam-works for the waters…” because          **“**they knew not how to carry out the rules regarding the divine artifact…”

The object had to remain in its divine place               “without being opened up,…” and               **“**not being offered to any god…” until               **“**the gods who brought the destruction shall make restitution…” King Utu-Hehal               **“**seized the Shuhadaku in its place of resting; into his hand he took it…” although                **“**the end of the restitution has not yet occurred…” Unauthorized, Utu-Hegal                 **“**raised the weapon against the city he was besieging…” As soon as he had done that, he fell dead.

                **“**The river carried off his sunken body…“