File:Shamsh-res-usur, governor of Mari and Suhi.jpg

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Shamsh-res-usur, governor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari" class="extiw" title="w:Mari">Mari</a> and Suhi, attitude of prayer in front of the gods (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adad" class="extiw" title="w:Adad">Adad</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar" class="extiw" title="w:Ishtar">Ishtar</a>).

The inscription says that the governor reigned for 13 years and during his reign erected the city of Gabarri-ibni, while also re-establishing the canals and encouraging the planting of date palms in different cities, and working on the development of agriculture in the city of Suhi.

Alternate spellings:

  • Shamsh-res-usur, Shamash-res-usur Samus-Res-Usur, Shamash-resh-Usur
  • Suhi, Sussi, Suhu

Notes (Dalley, 2002, pp. 201-203):

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current13:32, 7 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 13:32, 7 January 20172,000 × 1,333 (305 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)Shamsh-res-usur, governor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari" class="extiw" title="w:Mari">Mari</a> and Suhi, attitude of prayer in front of the gods (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adad" class="extiw" title="w:Adad">Adad</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar" class="extiw" title="w:Ishtar">Ishtar</a>). <ul> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stele" class="extiw" title="w:Stele">Stele</a> with inscription and relief</li> <li>8th century BCE</li> <li>from Palace Museum of Babylon (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennigaldi-Nanna%27s_museum" class="extiw" title="w:Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum">Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum</a>?)</li> <li>Limestone</li> </ul> <p>The inscription says that the governor reigned for 13 years and during his reign erected the city of Gabarri-ibni, while also re-establishing the canals and encouraging the planting of date palms in different cities, and working on the development of agriculture in the city of Suhi. </p> <p>Alternate spellings: </p> <ul> <li>Shamsh-res-usur, Shamash-res-usur Samus-Res-Usur, Shamash-resh-Usur</li> <li>Suhi, Sussi, Suhu</li> </ul> <p>Notes (Dalley, 2002, pp. 201-203): </p> <ul> <li>Adad is holding lightning in each hand</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform" class="extiw" title="w:Cuneiform">Cuneiform</a> is in dialect of Babylonia not Assyria</li> <li>Symbols above the gods are the pointed spade of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marduk" class="extiw" title="w:Marduk">Marduk</a>, patron of Babylon, next to the stylus of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabu" class="extiw" title="w:Nabu">Nabu</a>, and the winged disc of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamash" class="extiw" title="w:Shamash">Shamash</a>, the sun god, next to the lunar disc of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_(mythology)" class="extiw" title="w:Sin (mythology)">Sin</a> </li> </ul>
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