Kudurru for Šitti-Marduk

Kudurru for Šitti-Marduk
Material	Limestone
Created	c. 1150 BC
Discovered	before 2008
Present location	London, England, United Kingdom

The Kudurru for Šitti-Marduk is a white limestone boundary stone (Kudurru) of Nebuchadrezzar I, a king of the 2nd Dynasty of Isin, c. 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 and are often displayed graphically in segmented registers 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 text, relating the military services of Šitti-Marduk.

See also

• Kudurru
• Nebuchadnezzar I

External links

• Graphic of "Kudurru for Šitti-Marduk"-(contains a Scorpion man; pictured in register V-(row V)). (Article with the Detail-graphic) Archived 2019-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Kudurru Image-(on Right)
• Article discussing Nebuchannezzar I Kudurru, (Boundary Stone).
• Kudurru Image; Article (Univ of Pennsylvania), Kassite Kudurrus, no. 1 of 4.
• Image of Left Face/ with "Analysis-History"; Article