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Enlil-bānī land grant kudurru

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priest, Ninurta-nādin-aḫḫē, by Kadašman-Enlil I, the monarch under whom he attained this office, or alternatively a descendant under the later reign of Kadašman-Enlil II. Brinkman considered that there was no compelling reason for either choice. These kings' names are written with the divine
119:, extant with a duplicate, the orientation of whose inscription, perpendicular to the direction of the cone, in two columns and with the top facing the point, indicates it was to be erected upright, (on its now eroded base), like other entitlement documents of the period. 177:(ca. 1332–1308 BC) although the evidence is scanty. The inscription is important as it was the first to distinguish unambiguously that Kadašman-Ḫarbe and Kadašman-Enlil were two different people and that, although the 139:, accessioned in 1883 and given Museum references BM 91036 and BM 135743, the cones stand around 25 cm (9.8 in) in height and have both lost their bases. They commemorate the donation of a sixty 143:
field in twenty-three preserved lines on two columns and are without evidence of any of the sculptured religious iconography usually associated with this type of monument.
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An individual by the name of Enlil-bānī is known in the genealogy of several people, such as his grandson, Enlil-kidinnī, who would become the prominent
154:. The clay cone memorializes the confirmation of this land grant on Enlil-bānī's son or descendant, possibly his immediate successor to the office of 156: 418: 403: 388: 398: 383: 378: 218:. If this identification is correct, it would favor a dating of the artifact to the reign of Kadašman-Enlil I. 185:, as witnessed on a Kassite-Babylonian vocabulary or synonym list, he was inscribed quite differently. 323: 244: 8: 317: 238: 354: 173:, not normally considered a characteristic of Kassite king-names prior to the reign of 112: 393: 151: 104: 346: 228:
Hugo Winckler (1887). "Studien und Beitrage zur babylonisch-assyrisch Geschichte".
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The Babylonian Entitlement narûs (kudurrus): A study in their form and function
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The Babylonian Entitlement narûs (kudurrus): A study in their form and function
203: 132: 128: 252: 372: 215: 99:, or clay stele, recording the confirmation of a beneficial grant of land by 190: 174: 93: 147: 358: 206:(ca. 1307–1282 BC), where Enlil-bānī is identified as having been the 198:, and a descendant, Ninurta-rēṣušu, who was also to enjoy the post of 337:
Edmond Sollberger (Jan–Mar 1968). "Two Kassite Votive Inscriptions".
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Babylonian boundary-stones and memorial tablets in the British Museum
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Babylonian boundary-stones and memorial tablets in the British Museum
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Léon de Meyer, Hermann Gasche and Roland Paepe, ed. (1980).
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Tell ed-Dēr: sounding at Abū Ḥabbah (Sippar) III, 4
285: 262: 336: 146:The donor of the original grant is identified as 370: 300: 227: 409:Middle Eastern objects in the British Museum 315: 236: 37:priest, actually part of a dedicatory cone 27: 330: 303:Materials and Studies for Kassite History 339:Journal of the American Oriental Society 221: 371: 214:, or mayor of the town later known as 13: 419:Archaeological discoveries in Iraq 404:Sculpture of the Ancient Near East 14: 430: 389:1883 archaeological discoveries 16:Ancient Mesopotamian clay stele 309: 294: 279: 1: 272: 108: 64: 22:Enlil-bānī land grant kudurru 257:. Peeters. pp. 106–107. 230:Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 7: 322:. British Museum. pp.  286:Kathryn E. Slanksi (2003). 263:Kathryn E. Slanksi (2003). 243:. British Museum. pp.  202:priest during the reign of 122: 10: 435: 290:. ASOR. pp. 183–190. 267:. ASOR. pp. 183–190. 232:. Walter de Gruyter: 308. 71: 60: 52: 42: 33:Land grant to Enlil-bānī 26: 21: 399:Kudurru boundary stones 301:J. A. Brinkman (1976). 384:13th-century BC steles 379:14th-century BC steles 135:at Abu Habba, ancient 87:Enlil-bānī land grant 222:Primary publications 316:L. W. King (1912). 237:L. W. King (1912). 213: 142: 131:on behalf of the 113:Kadašman-Enlil II 111:1374–1360 BC) or 83: 82: 426: 363: 362: 334: 328: 327: 313: 307: 306: 298: 292: 291: 283: 268: 258: 248: 233: 211: 152:Kadašman-Ḫarbe I 140: 117:terra-cotta cone 110: 105:Kadašman-Enlil I 66: 31: 19: 18: 434: 433: 429: 428: 427: 425: 424: 423: 369: 368: 367: 366: 335: 331: 314: 310: 299: 295: 284: 280: 275: 224: 194:or governor of 162:determinative: 125: 76: 38: 17: 12: 11: 5: 432: 422: 421: 416: 411: 406: 401: 396: 391: 386: 381: 365: 364: 351:10.2307/597914 345:(1): 191–197. 329: 308: 293: 277: 276: 274: 271: 270: 269: 260: 250: 234: 223: 220: 133:British Museum 129:Hormuzd Rassam 124: 121: 92:is an ancient 81: 80: 73: 69: 68: 62: 58: 57: 54: 50: 49: 44: 40: 39: 32: 24: 23: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 431: 420: 417: 415: 412: 410: 407: 405: 402: 400: 397: 395: 392: 390: 387: 385: 382: 380: 377: 376: 374: 360: 356: 352: 348: 344: 340: 333: 325: 321: 320: 312: 304: 297: 289: 282: 278: 266: 261: 256: 251: 249:no. I, pl.1e. 246: 242: 241: 235: 231: 226: 225: 219: 217: 216:Dur-Kurigalzu 209: 205: 204:Nazi-Maruttaš 201: 197: 193: 192: 186: 184: 180: 179:Kassite deity 176: 172: 168: 165: 160: 158: 153: 149: 144: 138: 134: 130: 127:Excavated by 120: 118: 114: 106: 102: 98: 97:narû ša ḫaṣbi 95: 91: 90: 79: 74: 70: 63: 59: 55: 51: 48: 45: 41: 36: 30: 25: 20: 342: 338: 332: 318: 311: 302: 296: 287: 281: 264: 254: 239: 229: 207: 199: 189: 187: 175:Kurigalzu II 171:ku-ri-gal-zu 170: 166: 163: 155: 145: 126: 96: 94:Mesopotamian 86: 84: 34: 148:Kurigalzu I 373:Categories 273:References 191:šandabakku 164:ka-daš-man 72:Discovered 150:, son of 394:Kassites 200:nišakku- 123:The text 43:Material 35:nišakku- 208:rabânum 157:nišakku 101:Kassite 89:kudurru 67:1313 BC 61:Created 414:Sippar 359:597914 357:  259:no.107 212:KUR.TI 196:Nippur 167:en-líl 137:Sippar 53:Height 355:JSTOR 183:Enlil 103:king 56:25 cm 169:and 85:The 78:Iraq 75:1883 47:Clay 347:doi 326:–4. 247:–4. 210:of 141:GUR 375:: 353:. 343:88 341:. 109:c. 65:c. 361:. 349:: 324:3 245:3 159:- 107:(

Index


Clay
Iraq
kudurru
Mesopotamian
Kassite
Kadašman-Enlil I
Kadašman-Enlil II
terra-cotta cone
Hormuzd Rassam
British Museum
Sippar
Kurigalzu I
Kadašman-Ḫarbe I
nišakku
Kurigalzu II
Kassite deity
Enlil
šandabakku
Nippur
Nazi-Maruttaš
Dur-Kurigalzu
Babylonian boundary-stones and memorial tablets in the British Museum
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Babylonian boundary-stones and memorial tablets in the British Museum
3
doi
10.2307/597914
JSTOR
597914

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