Identity It has been proposed that a bead (reference M. 4439) discovered at Mari, was sent as a gift by
Mesannepada of
Ur to king "Hanusum" (Gansud) of Mari. This has now been corrected with new translations only giving Mesannepada as son of
Meskalamdug: It is unclear how this bead came to be in Mari, but this points to some kind of relation between Ur and Mari at that time. The letter of Enna-Dagan is extremely difficult to read, and the word "Sa'umu" appeared in three passages of it. However, in the first passage, "Sa'umu" was read as a verb by
Giovanni Pettinato, who later read it as (Anudu). The king is also mentioned leaving ruins in the mountains of Labanan, However, this identification was ruled as geographically impossible by Astour. ==See also==