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Nazimaruttash Kudurru, Boundary Stone

The Nazimaruttash kudurru stone is a boundary stone (kudurru) of Nazimaruttas, a Kassite king of Babylon, (1307-1282 BC). Most kudurrus portray Mesopotamian gods, which are often portrayed graphically in segmented registers on the stone. Nazimaruttash's kudurru does not use registers. Instead, graphic symbols are used. Nineteen deities are invoked to curse the foolhardy individual who seeks to desecrate it. Some are represented by symbols, such as a goat-fish for Enki or a bird on a pole for Papsukkal, a spear-head for Marduk or an eight-pointed star for Ishtar. Shamash is represented by a disc.
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Title:
Nazimaruttash Kudurru, Boundary Stone
Caption:
The Nazimaruttash kudurru stone is a boundary stone (kudurru) of Nazimaruttas, a Kassite king of Babylon, (1307-1282 BC). Most kudurrus portray Mesopotamian gods, which are often portrayed graphically in segmented registers on the stone. Nazimaruttash's kudurru does not use registers. Instead, graphic symbols are used. Nineteen deities are invoked to curse the foolhardy individual who seeks to desecrate it. Some are represented by symbols, such as a goat-fish for Enki or a bird on a pole for Papsukkal, a spear-head for Marduk or an eight-pointed star for Ishtar. Shamash is represented by a disc.
Personalities:
BABYLON • MESOPOTAMIAN
Credit:
Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
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Image size:
2700 x 5834 px | 45.1 MB
Print size:
22.9 x 49.4 cm | 9.0 x 19.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
13TH CENTURY BC • 14TH CENTURY BC • ANCIENT CIVILIZATION • ANCIENT CULTURE • ANCIENT • ARCHAEOLOGICAL • ARCHAEOLOGY • ARCHEOLOGICAL • ARTIFACT • BABYLON • BABYLONIA • BW • CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION • EMPIRE • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • KASSITE • KING • KINGDOM • KUDURRU • MEASURE • MEASURING • MESOPOTAMIA • MESOPOTAMIAN GODS • MESOPOTAMIAN • NAZIMARUTTAS • NAZIMARUTTASH BOUNDARY STONE • NAZIMARUTTASH KUDURRU • PHOTO • PHOTOGRAPH • ROCK • ROCKY • STONE • STONES • SYMBOLIC • SYMBOLS • WEIGH • WEIGHING • WEIGHTS & MEASURES • WEIGHTS AND MEASURES