kudurru
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Elamite[1] or Akkadian 𒃻𒁺 (kudurru).
Noun
[edit]kudurru (plural kudurrus)
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- 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
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k-d-r |
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /kuˈdur.ru/
Noun
[edit]kudurru m (plural kudurrū or kudurrētu f) (from Middle Assyrian and Middle Babylonian on)
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References
[edit]- “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