The Land grant to Marduk-zākir-šumi kudurru is an ancient Mesopotamian narû, or entitlement stele, recording the gift of 18 bur 2 eše of corn-land by Kassite king of Babylon Marduk-apla-iddina I to hi
Detail from the Land grant to Marduk-zakir-sumi kudurru
Rawlinson’s line-art for the Marduk-zākir-šumi kudurru
Kudurru
Videos
A kudurru was a type of stone document used as a boundary stone and as a record of land grants to vassals by the Kassites and later dynasties in ancient Babylonia between the 16th and 7th centuries BC
Babylonian kudurru of the late Kassite period found near Baghdad by the French botanist André Michaux (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris)
BM 90834