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

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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

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Photo credit: © Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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