Frases de Shu-Sin

Šu-Sin o Shu-Sin fue un rey de Sumeria y Acad de la III dinastía de Ur. Sucedió a su hermano Amar-Sin en 2037 a. C. y fue sucedido por Ibbi-Sin, también su hermano, en 2026 a. C.

Durante su reinado se siguieron llevando a cabo ataques contra los nómadas de los Zagros, en los límites orientales del imperio, a los que hubo que sumar una mayor presión de los amorreos de los desiertos occidentales. Para frenar a estos últimos, Shulgi ordenó la construcción de un sistema de fortificaciones de 270 km de largo. Wikipedia  

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Shu-Sin: Frases en inglés

“Concerning Lu-Enki, the ruler of the province of Zimudar, he should come to you, and should bring with him 60 troops. And as for you, with the soldiers who are under your authority, get the trench dug! So as not to change the attitude of the province, you people are not to release the workers while the land has not yet been secured. Let messengers bring me news about those eastern provinces. This is urgent!”

To his general Sharrum-bani, Letter from Shu-Suen to Sharrum-bani about digging a trench http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section3/tr3116.htm, Correspondence of the Kings of Ur, Old Babylonian period, ca. 1800-1600 BCE, at The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature.

“That was how I instructed you. Why did you not act as I ordered you? You were not empowered to kill anyone, to blind people or to destroy cities; but I gave you authority to do so.”

To his general Sharrum-bani, Letter from Shu-Suen to Sharrum-bani about digging a trench http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section3/tr3116.htm, Correspondence of the Kings of Ur, Old Babylonian period, ca. 1800-1600 BCE, at The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature; their original date of composition and their historical accuracy are debated.