Enlil turned his fury upon Naram-Sin after the king sacked the Ekur, summoning the Gutian hordes from the mountains to lay waste to Agade and scatter its people — a divine vengeance that ended the Akkadian dynasty.
Naram-Sin, defying Enlil's will, sacked and plundered the Ekur at Nippur, tearing down its walls and melting its sacred vessels — an act of sacrilege so monstrous that Enlil unleashed the Gutians to destroy the Akkadian empire in retribution.
Naram-Sin claimed Inanna as his personal patron goddess and took the extraordinary title 'husband of Ishtar,' binding the might of Akkad to her divine favor and elevating himself to the status of her consort-king.
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