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A fact from Napir-Asu appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 June 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that a statue of the Elamite queen Napir-Asu is inscribed with a curse for its would-be vandals?
Latest comment: 2 years ago5 comments3 people in discussion
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that a statue of the Elamite queen Napir-Asu(pictured) is inscribed with a curse, aimed at those who would damage it? Source: Potts, D. T.; Potts, Professor Daniel T.; Potts, Edwin Cuthbert Hall Professor of Middle Eastern Archaeology D. T.; Alcock, John H. D'Arms Collegiate Professor of Classical Archaeology and Classics Susan (1999-07-29). The Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State. Cambridge University Press. p.218
The article is new enough (recently expanded from a redirect), long enough, and ticks all the boxes with regard to policy. The hook is of the right length and presents quite an interesting fact. However, I ran into some trouble when verifying the hook fact: the content of the curse is in the article and has a source attached to it (No. 6). The source is a link to a CUP book (no pp. given) and the page linked confirms the hook but not the text of the curse presented in the article. After some searching, I found out that the text of the curse is on p. 210. The lack of page numbers, which should be used in any good book reference, prevents easy verification for our readers. Can I ask you, Lajmmoore, to add the relevant page numbers before this nomination goes through? The image of the statue is fine and may be used. QPQ is done. Modussiccandi (talk) 08:38, 1 June 2022 (UTC)Reply
The article is new enough (recently expanded from a redirect), long enough, and ticks all the boxes with regard to policy. The hook is of the right length and presents quite an interesting fact. However, I ran into some trouble when verifying the hook fact: the content of the curse is in the article and has a source attached to it (No. 6). The source is a link to a CUP book (no pp. given) and the page linked confirms the hook but not the text of the curse presented in the article. After some searching, I found out that the text of the curse is on p. 210. The lack of page numbers, which should be used in any good book reference, prevents easy verification for our readers. Can I ask you, Lajmmoore, to add the relevant page numbers before this nomination goes through? The image of the statue is fine and may be used. QPQ is done. Modussiccandi (talk) 08:38, 1 June 2022 (UTC)