▁incorpor ating ▁his ▁ancest ors ▁into ▁a ▁native ▁Ass y rian ▁gene al ogy ". ▁However , ▁this ▁interpretation ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁accepted ▁univers ally ; ▁the ▁Cambridge ▁An cient ▁History ▁rejected ▁this ▁interpretation ▁and ▁instead ▁interpreted ▁the ▁section ▁as ▁being ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁ancest ors ▁of ▁Sul ili ▁( fl . ▁c . ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁BC ). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁city - state ▁Ass ur , ▁Sh am sh i - Ad ad ▁I ▁held ▁the ▁title ▁" G overn or ▁of ▁Ass ur ". ▁Stone ▁table ts ▁with ▁A kk ad ian ▁ins cri ptions ▁( form atted ▁in ▁three ▁columns ▁and ▁a ▁one ▁hundred ▁and ▁thirty - five ▁lines , ▁from ▁Sh am sh i - Ad ad ▁I ) ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁near ▁the ▁temple ▁of ▁the ▁god ▁Ass ur . ▁Arch ae ology ▁supports ▁this ▁claim ▁because ▁exc av ations ▁of ▁the ▁temple ▁of ▁Ass ur ▁show ▁that ▁many ▁br icks ▁and ▁objects ▁inside ▁have ▁the ▁ins cription ▁" Sh am sh i - Ad ad ▁I , ▁Bu ilder ▁of ▁the ▁Temple ▁of ▁Ass ur " ▁car ved ▁into ▁them . ▁In ▁this ▁ins cription ▁he ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁" K ing ▁of ▁the ▁Un iverse " ▁and ▁" Un ifier ▁of ▁the ▁Land ▁Between ▁Tig ris ▁and ▁Eu phr ates ". ▁He ▁assert ed ▁that ▁the ▁king ▁of ▁the ▁Upper ▁Land ▁had ▁paid ▁t ribute ▁to ▁him ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁built ▁the ▁temple ▁of ▁En l il . ▁He ▁out lined