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Stele of Meli-Šipak IISusa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed relief of a soldier (Susa, Apadana, Foundation tablet of Darius (DSf)Susa, Sumerian writing exerciseSusa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed relief, DecorationSusa, Statue of a lionSusa, Achaemenid battlementSusa, Relief of Artabanus IVSusa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed lions' reliefSusa, Hellenistic bust of a MuseSusa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed relief with an inscriptionSusa, Achaemenid capitalSusa, Parthian necklaceSusa, Acropolis, Stele of ShutruruSusa, Cuneiform tabletSusa, Dynastic Temple of the Šutrukids, Relief of the godsSusa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed relief of two soldiers (Susa, Elamite funerary portraitSusa, Figurine of BacchusSusa, Sumerian writing exerciseSusa, Stone tablet with cuneiform inscription DSfSusa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed relief, DecorationSusa, Statuette of a bullSusa, Achaemenid mortarSusa, Dedication to InšušinakSusa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed relief of two sphinxes and a solar diskSusa, Statue of queen Napirasu, wife of Untaš-NapirišaSusa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed relief of two soldiers (Susa, Brim of a cup with the name of XerxesSusa, Relief of a woman pooring a libation

Location:

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of), Shūsh
  • geo:32.188286,48.248325
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -11xx / unknown

Class:

  • Milestone
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=42303

Annotations

The Stele of Marduk-apla-iddina records the grant to Marduk-apla-iddina I  (ca 1171-1159 BC)by Kassite king of Babylon, Meli-Shipak II (ca. 1186–1172 BC ).

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
  3. John Anthony Brinkman, A catalogue of cuneiform sources pertaining to specific monarchs of the Kassite dynasty, Materials and studies for Kassite history, v. 1., Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1976, pp. diffr.

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

Hunnubat-Nanaya Kudurru

Kassites Kudurru boundary stone discovered at Susa.Louvre.

Stele of Meli-Šipak with Šutruk-Naḫḫunte Colophon

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


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