The Kudurru for Šitti-Marduk is a white limestone boundary stone (
Kudurru
A kudurru was a type of stone document used as a boundary stone and as a record of land grants to vassals by the Kassites and later dynasties in ancient Babylonia between the 16th and 7th centuries BC. The original kudurru would typically be stor ...
) of
Nebuchadrezzar I
Nebuchadnezzar I or Nebuchadrezzar I (), reigned 1121–1100 BC, was the fourth king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and Fourth Dynasty of Babylon. He ruled for 22 years according to the ''Babylonian King List C'', and was the most prominent monarc ...
, a king of the 2nd Dynasty of
Isin
Isin (, modern Arabic: Ishan al-Bahriyat) is an archaeological site in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq. Excavations have shown that it was an important city-state in the past.
History of archaeological research
Ishan al-Bahriyat was visited b ...
, the late 12th century BC. He is known to have made at least four kudurru boundary stones.
Some kudurrus are known for their representations of the king, etc., who conscripted the stones production. Most kudurrus are attested by honored gods of
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
and are often displayed graphically in segmented
register
Register or registration may refer to:
Arts entertainment, and media Music
* Register (music), the relative "height" or range of a note, melody, part, instrument, etc.
* ''Register'', a 2017 album by Travis Miller
* Registration (organ), the ...
s on the stone.
The obverse of the ''Kudurru for Šitti-Marduk'' is composed of six
registers, with gods, beings (a
Scorpion man for example), etc. The recto contains
cuneiform
Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Middle East. The script was in active use from the early Bronze Age until the beginning of the Common Era. It is named for the characteristic wedge-sha ...
text, relating the military services of Šitti-Marduk.
See also
*
Kudurru
A kudurru was a type of stone document used as a boundary stone and as a record of land grants to vassals by the Kassites and later dynasties in ancient Babylonia between the 16th and 7th centuries BC. The original kudurru would typically be stor ...
*
Nebuchadnezzar I
Nebuchadnezzar I or Nebuchadrezzar I (), reigned 1121–1100 BC, was the fourth king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and Fourth Dynasty of Babylon. He ruled for 22 years according to the ''Babylonian King List C'', and was the most prominent monar ...
External links
Graphic of ''"Kudurru for Šitti-Marduk"''(contains a
Scorpion man; pictured in
register V-(row V))
(Article with the Detail-graphic)Kudurru Image-(on Right)
* ttp://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/spr03/422/January-March/20.JPG Kudurru Imagebr>Article
(Univ of Pennsylvania), Kassite Kudurrus, no. 1 of 4.
Kudurru boundary stones
Sculpture of the Ancient Near East
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12th-century BC steles