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Location

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of), Shūsh
  • geo:32.188301,48.248318

Period or year

  • -11xx / unknown

Classification

  • milestone
  • Visible

Stele of Meli-Šipak with Šutruk-Naḫḫunte Colophon

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The Stele of Meli-Shipak/Meli-Sihu was unearted at Susa between 1900 and 1904 by Jacques de Morganm chief of the French excavation team. The preserved stela is a fragment of the lower part of a large rectangular stone edifice engraved with reliefs and the remains of Akkadian and Elamite inscriptions.

See:

  1. Kathryn E. Slanski ,The Babylonian Entitlement narûs (kudurrus): A Study in Their Form and Function. ASOR 2003, pp. 194–196.
  2. J. A. Brinkman, Meli-Šipak". Materials and Studies for Kassite History, Vol. I (MSKH I). Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago 1976, p. 258

Relevant museums

  • Susa, Archaeological Museum
    Susa, Archaeological Museum
    Iran (Islamic Republic of), Shūsh
  • Tehran, National Museumof Iran
    Tehran, National Museum Archaeological collections from Paleolithic to Qajar period
    Iran (Islamic Republic of), Tehran
  • Paris, Louvre
    Paris, Louvre
    France, Paris
  • The British Museum
    The British Museum has one of the world's largest collections of antiquities from the Classical world.
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Holborn

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2015-11-20) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Stele of Meli-Šipak with Šutruk-Naḫḫunte Colophon. https://vici.org/vici/23463, accessed 2026-11-02.