diff --git a/basyx/aas/model/base.py b/basyx/aas/model/base.py
index bacd8b005..e948a255b 100644
--- a/basyx/aas/model/base.py
+++ b/basyx/aas/model/base.py
@@ -610,12 +610,17 @@ def __init__(self):
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         reversed_path = []
         item = self  # type: Any
+        from .submodel import SubmodelElementList
         while item is not None:
             if isinstance(item, Identifiable):
-                reversed_path.append(str(item.id))
+                reversed_path.append(item.id)
                 break
             elif isinstance(item, Referable):
-                reversed_path.append(item.id_short)
+                if isinstance(item.parent, SubmodelElementList):
+                    reversed_path.append(f"{item.parent.id_short}[{item.parent.value.index(item)}]")
+                    item = item.parent
+                else:
+                    reversed_path.append(item.id_short)
                 item = item.parent
             else:
                 raise AttributeError('Referable must have an identifiable as root object and only parents that are '
diff --git a/basyx/aas/model/submodel.py b/basyx/aas/model/submodel.py
index 5b05e9ff3..104eff995 100644
--- a/basyx/aas/model/submodel.py
+++ b/basyx/aas/model/submodel.py
@@ -715,8 +715,19 @@ def __init__(self,
 
         # Items must be added after the above contraint has been checked. Otherwise, it can lead to errors, since the
         # constraints in _check_constraints() assume that this constraint has been checked.
-        self._value: base.OrderedNamespaceSet[_SE] = base.OrderedNamespaceSet(self, [("id_short", True)], value,
+        self._value: base.OrderedNamespaceSet[_SE] = base.OrderedNamespaceSet(self, [("id_short", True)], (),
                                                                               self._check_constraints)
+        # SubmodelElements need to be added after the assignment of the ordered NamespaceSet, otherwise, if a constraint
+        # check fails, Referable.__repr__ may be called for an already-contained item during the AASd-114 check, which
+        # in turn tries to access the SubmodelElementLists value / _value attribute, which wouldn't be set yet if all
+        # elements are passed to the OrderedNamespaceSet initializer.
+        try:
+            for i in value:
+                self._value.add(i)
+        except Exception:
+            # Remove all SubmodelElements if an exception occurs during initialization of the SubmodelElementList
+            self._value.clear()
+            raise
 
     def _check_constraints(self, new: _SE, existing: Iterable[_SE]) -> None:
         # We can't use isinstance(new, self.type_value_list_element) here, because each subclass of
diff --git a/test/examples/test_helpers.py b/test/examples/test_helpers.py
index 5eea373f8..d898d1db0 100644
--- a/test/examples/test_helpers.py
+++ b/test/examples/test_helpers.py
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ def test_submodel_element_list_checker(self):
         checker.check_submodel_element_list_equal(list_, list_expected)
         self.assertEqual(4, sum(1 for _ in checker.failed_checks))
         checker_iterator = checker.failed_checks
-        self.assertEqual("FAIL: Attribute id_short of Range[test_list / range1] must be == range2 (value='range1')",
+        self.assertEqual("FAIL: Attribute id_short of Range[test_list[0]] must be == range2 (value='range1')",
                          repr(next(checker_iterator)))
-        self.assertEqual("FAIL: Attribute max of Range[test_list / range1] must be == 1337 (value=142857)",
+        self.assertEqual("FAIL: Attribute max of Range[test_list[0]] must be == 1337 (value=142857)",
                          repr(next(checker_iterator)))
-        self.assertEqual("FAIL: Attribute id_short of Range[test_list / range2] must be == range1 (value='range2')",
+        self.assertEqual("FAIL: Attribute id_short of Range[test_list[1]] must be == range1 (value='range2')",
                          repr(next(checker_iterator)))
-        self.assertEqual("FAIL: Attribute max of Range[test_list / range2] must be == 142857 (value=1337)",
+        self.assertEqual("FAIL: Attribute max of Range[test_list[1]] must be == 142857 (value=1337)",
                          repr(next(checker_iterator)))
 
         # order_relevant
diff --git a/test/model/test_submodel.py b/test/model/test_submodel.py
index ea523ebc1..87e60d7bb 100644
--- a/test/model/test_submodel.py
+++ b/test/model/test_submodel.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def test_constraints(self):
             model.SubmodelElementList("test_list", model.MultiLanguageProperty, [mlp1, mlp2])
         self.assertEqual("Element to be added MultiLanguageProperty[mlp2] has semantic_id "
                          "ExternalReference(key=(Key(type=GLOBAL_REFERENCE, value=urn:x-test:different),)), "
-                         "while already contained element MultiLanguageProperty[test_list / mlp1] has semantic_id "
+                         "while already contained element MultiLanguageProperty[test_list[0]] has semantic_id "
                          "ExternalReference(key=(Key(type=GLOBAL_REFERENCE, value=urn:x-test:test),)), "
                          "which aren't equal. (Constraint AASd-114)", str(cm.exception))
         mlp2.semantic_id = semantic_id1