kudurru

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Etymology

Probably from Elamite 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

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
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References

  • “kudurru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, 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
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