 It begins, “If a man goes off on his errand and a falcon crosses from the right of the man to the left of the man - he will attain his desire.” Meli-Šipak was responsible for building work on the Ekur at Nippur, the Egalmaḫ at Isin, and a later text, a Neo-Babylonian temple inventory, records his benefactions at Ur.One of his daughters, allegedly the eldest, was married to the Elamite ruler Shutruk-Nahhunte.It was the latest in a series of diplomatic marriages between the Kassite rulers of Babylon and the Elamite Kings but was to have unforeseen consequences as it would lead Shutruk-Nahhunte to believe that he had a claim on the Babylonian throne.