Kudurru of Melishihu

Kudurru of Melishihu

The Kudurru of Melishihu is a grey limestone 0.7-meter tall boundary stone (kudurru) from ancient Babylonia, which is now housed at the Louvre.

The obverse is composed of five iconographic registers, with representations of gods, humans and animals. Notable is probably the snake in Register V.

The reverse is a semicircular surface–in–the–round with three columns of cuneiform text.

ee also

*Melišipak–("Meli-Shipak II")
*Kudurru

External links

* [http://www.bible-history.com/ancient_art/Kudurru_of_Melishihu.html Kudurru Image, and Article] ; (Louvre)
* [http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ue/relief04.jpgKudurru Image] ; [http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ue/uem.html Article-(English)]
* [http://www.landsurveyor.us/images/kudurru.jpgKudurru Image] ; [http://www.landsurveyor.us/learn_f1a.htm Article]

* [http://www.larshammaren.se/bilder/bildgal_kudurru2.gifFront Face/Reverse: "The Cuneiform Text"] ; [http://www.uned.es/geo-1-historia-antigua-universal/TERMINOS_SABADO/5_Terminos__Oriente_Grecia_5_K_L_NUEVO.htm Article-("in Spanish")]
* [http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/historia/obras/7524.htm Front Face-(color): Article("Spanish")]
* [http://www.anouchkina.com/forum/detail.php?forumid=10&id=4042&p=3 High resolution of the "Kudurru of Melishihu"]


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  • Meli-Shipak II — Melišipak kudurru Land grant to Marduk apal iddina I Kudurru of Melishihu at the Louvre …   Wikipedia

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