Šu-Suen 2096add / CDLI Seals 000560 (CDLI Seals 000560 (composite))

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·Q004429

Translation — scholar edition

ETCSRI

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(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Nanna-maba, the scribe, child of Unapšen, is your 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 Q004429.

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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/Q004429/.

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