Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē

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Kudurru with a portrait of Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē from Amran (Babylon)

Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē was 1099-1082 BC. King of Babylon ( Isin II period ).

A boundary stone ( kudurru ) with a royal deed of land was discovered in 1788 by the French traveler Antoine Michaux south of Baghdad and given to the French National Library . He became known as Caillou Michaux . It was one of the first cuneiform documents to reach the West. Its first two registers show symbols of gods, including the horned dragon of Marduk . Below is a slightly offset two-line inscription.

literature

  • Kathryn E. Slanski: Classification, historiography and monumental authority: The Babylonian entitlement Narûs (kudurrus). In: Journal of Cuneiform Studies. Volume 52, 2000, pp. 95-114.

Individual evidence

  1. Kathryn E. Slanski: Classification, historiography and monumental authority: The Babylonian entitlement Narus (kudurrus). In: Journal of Cuneiform Studies. Volume 52, 2000, p. 95
predecessor Office successor
Enlil-nādin-apli King of Babylonia
1099-1082 BC Chr.
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