kudurru

English

Etymology

Probably from Elamite[1] or Akkadian 𒃻𒁺 (kudurru).

Noun

kudurru (plural kudurrus)

Babylonian kudurru of the late Kassite period, found near Baghdad

1. A boundary stone used by the Kassites in ancient Babylonia, bearing a written record of the ownership of the land on which it stood.

Akkadian

Root
k-d-r
2 terms

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /kuˈdur.ru/

Noun

kudurru m (plural kudurrū or kudurrētu f) (from Middle Assyrian and Middle Babylonian on)

1. boundary stone, boundary marker
2. boundary
3. region, territory

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒃻𒁺 (NIG₂.DU)	𒆪𒂉𒊒 (ku-dur₂-ru) 𒆪𒄙𒊒 (ku-dur-ru) 𒆪𒁺𒊒 (ku-du-ru)

References

• “kudurru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “kudurru”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library