1The squeeze would suggest that the AM sign is slightly damaged. C.B.F. Walker (in Albenda, Palace of Sargon p. 110) does not believe that there was a sign between QA and RU, basing this upon the assumption that name of the city was Amqarruna (Ekron) and that the scribe would not have written a reduplicated R in the name; however, as he notes, the final sign must be emended in order to get NA. Based upon the spacing of the signs, we would expect there to be a sign between QA and RU, although, as Walker notes, this is not certain. -ṣu: P.E. Botta’s copy has -ṢU; E. Flandin’s copy (Monument de Ninive 2 pl. 93) has a form that does not fit NA but fits a partially damaged ṢU; and H. Winckler’s copy (Sar. 2 pl. 49 no. 2f) has ⸢KUR⸣. The traces on the squeeze are not easily compatible with NA but would fit the beginning of ṢU. (A copy of the traces visible on the squeeze is found in the minor variants section.)