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Surroundings:

Stele of Meli-Šipak IIStele of Marduk-apla-iddina ISusa, Apadana, Foundation tablet of Darius (DSf)Susa, Victory stele of Sargon of AkkadSusa, Acropolis, DonjonSusa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed relief of an eye of a soldier (Susa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed lions' reliefSusa, Achaemenid capitalSusa, Portrait of a MuseSusa, Parthian jarSusa, Water conduits with inscription of Shilhak-Inshushinak, TranslationSusa, Model of a workshopSusa, Kudurru of Mel-Shipak documenting a land donation, brought to Susa from BabyloniaSusa, Achaemenid administrative documentSusa, Bitumen vesselSusa, Parthian jarSusa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed relief of a soldier (Susa, Cuneiform tabletSusa, Dynastic Temple of the Šutrukids, Relief of the godsSusa, Apadana, Foundation tablet of Darius (DSf)Susa, Sumerian writing exerciseSusa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed relief of five soldiers (Susa, Achaemenid battlementSusa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed lions' reliefSusa, Proto-Elamite writing tabletSusa, Relief of Artabanus IVSusa, Hellenistic bust of a MuseSusa, Statue of a lionSusa, Achaemenid capitalSusa, Parthian necklace

Location:

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of), Shūsh
  • geo:32.188301,48.248318
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -12xx / unknown

Class:

  • Milestone
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=42601

Annotations

Kudurru-Land of Meli-Shipak II commemorates the granting of the land by Melišipak II ca (1186–1172 BC) to Ḫunnubat-Nanaya.

See:

  1. Kathryn E. Slanski ,The Babylonian Entitlement narûs (kudurrus): A Study in Their Form and Function. ASOR 2003, pp. 194–196.
  2. idem, "Classification, Historiography and Monumental Authority: the Babylonian Entitlement Narûs (Kudurrus)". JCS  52 (2000), pp. 95-114

Relevant museums

Susa, Archaeological Museum

Susa, Archaeological Museum

Tehran, National Museumof Iran

Tehran, National Museum Archaeological collections from Paleolithic to Qajar period

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre

The British Museum

The British Museum has one of the world's largest collections of antiquities from the Classical world.


Nearby

Stele of Meli-Šipak with Šutruk-Naḫḫunte Colophon

War trophy of Elamite king Shutruk-Nahhunte I. Stela of Meli-Šipak/Melisipak.

Hunnubat-Nanaya Kudurru

Kassites Kudurru boundary stone discovered at Susa.Louvre.

Stele of Marduk-apla-iddina I - Meli-Shipak II Kudurru

Land grant to Marduk-apla-iddina I by Meli-Shipak II. Kudurru of Melishihu. Louvre, Paris.


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