Marduk-nadin-ahhe Kudurru Closer
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Marduk-nadin-ahhe Kudurru Closer
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Kudurru of Marduk-nadin-ahhe. Babylon 1095–1078 BC. Closer view.
Marduk-nadin-ahhe was the sixth king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and the 4th Dynasty of Babylon, who reigned c. 1095–1078 BC. He is best known for his restoration of the Eganunmaḫ in Ur and the famines and droughts that accompanied his reign.
A kudurru (Akkadian for frontier or boundary) was a type of stone document used as a boundary stone and as a record of land grants by the Kassite dynasty in in ancient Babylonia between the 16th and 7th centuries BC. The kudurru would typically be stored in a temple.
About one third of the 160 known kudurru were found in temples at Susa where they were taken when the Elamites conquered Mesopotamia. Half of those excavated in Babylonia were also found in temples. They range in height from 10cm to 1 meter and the inscriptions on them ranged from 39 to 390 lines. There are examples of kudurru usage for several centuries after the end of the Kassite Dynasty. The last known kudurru was of the Babylonian ruler Ashur-nadin-shumi (700–694 BC).
This kudurru of black limestone was shaped and rubbed down to take sculptures and inscriptions. The stone is sculptured on all surfaces with emblems, figures and cuneiform text. At the top we can see parts of a Lunar disc, a Solar disc and an Eight-pointed star. Below them we find two horned headdresses and a turtle upon shrines, a battle-mace, and a walking bird.
Below the symbols, the figure of a Babylonian king wearing an elaborately embroidered robe and carrying a bow and two arrows. The other three sides are engraved with text recording the purchase of five 'gur' of corn-land by Marduk-nasir, the king's officer, from Amel-Enlil, the son of Khanbi. The land is described as situated on the Bad-dar Canal in Bit-Khanbi, and the name of the surveyor is stated. The purchase-price consisted of a chariot, saddles, two asses, an ox, grain, oil, and certain garments, the items being separately valued and making a total of seven hundred and sixteen shekels of silver.
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March 3rd, 2023
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