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Sūrānu

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: ANE

A town probably not far from Uruk.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/816933130

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.3225064, 45.6388635

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Sūrānu (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Sūrānu makes connections with:

Sūrānu located near Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut (720 BC - 540 BC)

Sūrānu receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, settlement

References:

Evidence:

RIBo Q006317

See Further:

Zadok 1985 276

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Sūrānu is mentioned in an in inscription of Sîn-šarra-uṣur, viceroy of Ur (reign of the Babylonian king Šamaš-šuma-ukīn).

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Sūrānu: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/816933130> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/816933130 |title=Places: 816933130 (Sūrānu) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=April 19, 2024 9:33 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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