Rounded stela decorated in the upper part with bas-reliefs of the gods Anu, Bel, Ea and the goddess Zarpanit. The lower part is engraved with an inscription in Akkadian relating to the donation of a plot of land, its boundaries and capacity, offered as a dowry by a father to his daughter on the occasion of her marriage. This contract is placed under the protection of the gods, in particular the god Nabu, represented by a snake-dragon, patron of scribes.

Kudurrus are monuments with legal value, engraved with a deed, and intended to be placed in a temple. This black diorite kudurru is dated to the reign of Marduk-nadin-ahhe (between 1100 and 1083 BCE). Found south of Baghdad in the ruins of a palace and brought back by the botanist Michaux in 1786, it was the first epigraphic document in cuneiform to reach Europe.

Height: 45 cm without the base. Inventory No.: Chabouillet.702