Šamši-Adad IV 1

• É na-me-ri — 'House of the panther/leopard' — a cultic name for Ištar's temple at Aššur; 'nāmeru' can mean leopard, panther, or a fierce/shining creature; the precise animal intended is debated.
• NIN-ia — Literally 'my lady'; here referring to Ištar of Aššur as the divine lady of the inscription's author.
• MAN KIŠ (šar kiššati) — Conventionally 'king of the universe'; literally 'king of Kiš,' but by this period a purely honorific title.
• si-ḫír-ti-šu — 'Its entirety' / 'its full extent'; from siḫirtu, meaning the whole circuit or totality of a structure.
• NA₄.[NA.RÚ.A.MEŠ ù?] sik-ka-te.MEŠ — Restoration of 'stelae and boundary-stones (kudurru)'; the NA₄.NA.RÚ.A reading is partly broken and restored from parallel passages.
• li-mu [mšam-ši-dIŠKUR MAN KUR?] — The eponym name and title are largely broken and restored; Šamši-Adad IV is attested as eponym in his own reign but the specific year-line restoration is uncertain.

Visually, the tablet is a fragmentary, roughly fan-shaped clay piece photographed from multiple angles (obverse, reverse, left and right edges, top and bottom edges). The surface of the obverse (top-centre image) shows horizontal rows of wedge impressions consistent with Neo-Assyrian or transitional Middle/Neo-Assyrian script, but the resolution and surface erosion are severe enough that individual signs cannot be securely identified from the photograph alone; the cuneiform is visible as shallow impressions but individual sign forms are not legible at this resolution. The museum label on the reverse reads 'Th 1932 12-10 453' with accession number '123510', consistent with a British Museum acquisition. The transliteration-based reading follows the standard Šamši-Adad IV (c. 1053–1050 BCE) building inscription (Q006001) recorded in ORACC/RIMA 2, A.0.82.1; the composite text is well attested across several manuscript witnesses. 'É na-me-ri' is a designation for a temple or precinct of Ištar of Aššur literally meaning 'house of the panther/leopard,' a known epithet in Assyrian cultic contexts. Lacunae in lines 4–7 are restored following parallel manuscripts as indicated in RIMA 2.