一个库杜鲁的顶部碎片，上面有一条木须树龙和神圣的符号 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	一个库杜鲁的顶部碎片，上面有一条木须树龙和神圣的符号
品名（英）	Top fragment of a kudurru with a mushhushshu dragon and divine symbols
入馆年号	1985年，1985.45
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1156 - 公元前 1025
创作地区
分类
尺寸	6 1/2 × 3 15/16 × 7 1/4 英寸 (16.5 × 10 × 18.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	被称为kudurrus或narus，一组独特的巴比伦石碑曾经被认为是放置在田野中的边界标记。事实上，它们更有可能被放置在寺庙中，在那里它们的内容被保存和神圣化。纪念碑通常由抛光的黑色石灰石制成，通常不平坦，形状像巨石。他们带有描述土地授予的铭文，通常是从国王到高级官员。在文本周围放置了神圣的符号，以保护和保证礼物。库杜鲁斯首次出现在公元前二千年，在巴比伦的卡西特统治时期。这个零碎的例子可以追溯到公元前12世纪。幸存的碎片来自库杜鲁的顶部，显示了一条蛇身体的一部分盘绕在上表面。蛇下面是一条mushhushshu，一条与巴比伦的主要神Marduk和他的儿子Nabu有关的复合龙。Mushhushshu面对着寺庙的正面或祭坛，上面矗立着一个铁锹符号，也与马尔杜克有关。在这些下面可以看到原始铭文的一小部分。石头的另一面显示了代表太阳（太阳神沙玛什）和维纳斯（女神伊什塔尔）的星体符号，以及另一个风格化的寺庙立面，这次有一个有角的皇冠（用于天空神阿努和大风神恩利尔的符号）。同样可见的是山羊鱼的一部分，与Ea神有关。
介绍（英）	Known as kudurrus or narus, a distinctive group of Babylonian stone monuments were once thought to be boundary markers placed in fields. In fact they are more likely to have been placed in temples, where their contents were preserved and sanctified. The monuments, often made from polished black limestone, are usually uneven and boulder-like in shape. They carry inscriptions describing grants of land, often from the king to a high official. Around the text are placed divine symbols, which act to protect and guarantee the gift. Kudurrus first appear in the second millennium B.C., during the period of Kassite rule in Babylonia. This fragmentary example dates to the 12th century B.C. The surviving piece, which comes from the top part of the kudurru, shows part of the body of a snake coiling round the upper surface. Below the snake is a mushhushshu, a composite dragon associated with Babylon’s chief deity, Marduk, and his son Nabu. The mushhushshu faces a temple façade or altar on which stands a spade symbol, also associated with Marduk. Below these can be seen a very small section of the original inscription. The other side of the stone shows astral symbols representing the sun (the sun-god Shamash) and Venus (the goddess Ishtar), as well as another stylized temple-façade, this time with a horned crown (a symbol used for the sky-god Anu and the great wind god Enlil). Also visible is part of a goat-fish, associated with the god Ea.