Position in chronology
Šu-Suen 32 / CDLI Seals 000542 (CDLI Seals 000542 (composite))
Translation — scholar edition
ETCSRI(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters presented this (seal) to Babati, the archivist, the royal comptroller, the military governor of Maškan-šarrum, the governor of Awal, the administrator of ..., the canal inspector of the irrigated lands, ... Belat-suḫnir and Belat-terraban, the brother of Abi-simti, his beloved mother, his servant.
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions — scholar edition (Vienna).
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Scholarly note
Sumerian royal inscription, published in the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI) by Gábor Zólyomi and collaborators. Translation reproduced from the ETCSRI edition. ORACC text Q001829.
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Translation excerpted from Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001829/.
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