Boundary stone, fragment, 699 BC-694 BC. Artist: Unknown.

Boundary stone, fragment, 699 BC-694 BC. Artist: Unknown.

2-668-831 - © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford/Heritage Images

Boundary stone, fragment, 699 BC-694 BC. Fragment of Assyrian Kudurru or boundary stone; carries the only known portrait of the son of Sennacherib as king of Babylon (699-4 BC); inscribed in Akkadian cuneiform (front and back), and identifies Ashur-nadin-shumi; Part of a snake-dragon. Dimensions: height: 16 cmwidth: 10 cmthickness: 6 cm


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Ashur-nadin-shumi: Assyrian: King of Babylon
People Related
  1. King Sennacherib: Assyrian: King of Assyria

Medium
  1. Stone

Picture Type
  1. Object

Category Hierarchy

People Royalty

Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel

History & Politics Artefacts


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2500x3643
File Size : 26,683kb


Aliases

  1. AN1933.1101
  1. AN_1933_1101-a
  1. 0870000317
  1. 2-668-831
  1. 2668831
  1. AN1933.1446


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