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

Surroundings:

Susa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed relief of two soldiers (

Susa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed lions' relief

Susa, Brick with part of inscription DSf of Darius

Susa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed relief of four soldiers (

Susa, Stone tablet with cuneiform inscription DSf

Susa, Dynastic Temple of the Šutrukids, Inscription

Susa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed relief of an eye of a soldier (

Susa, Early Elamite pot with a fish and a wader

Susa, Brick with part of inscription DSa of Darius

Susa, Statue of queen Napirasu, wife of Untaš-Napiriša

Susa, Middle-Elamite inscription of Shilhak-Inshushinak

Susa, Hellenistic figurine from the Parthian age

Susa, Achaemenid Palace, Glazed relief of a soldier (

Susa, Middle-Elamite basrelief of warrior gods

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:

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