Packet 1: Bonus 2

One of these objects from the 12th century BCE gives an unusual amount of detail about a battle, recording how “dust storms whirled about, the storm pranced.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Give the original-language term for these objects, literally meaning “boundary” in Akkadian. The Kassites used these stone objects to record land grants.
ANSWER: kudurru [accept kudurrum; prompt on narûm or asumittum or abnum by asking “what is the specific term denoting a boundary?”]
[10e] The first king with this name emancipated the Kassite Bīt-Karziabku from serving Namar in the aforementioned kudurru inscription. The second king with this name began the Babylonian captivity.
ANSWER: Nebuchadnezzar [or Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur; accept Nebuchadrezzar]
[10m] In the campaign recorded on the kudurru, Nebuchadnezzar I recovered this object that the Elamites had earlier plundered. This object was housed in the Esagila and taken out during the Akītu festival.
ANSWER: the statue of Marduk [accept the statue of Bēl; prompt on statue; prompt on Marduk or Bēl]
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
2410.0088%13%0%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaGeorgia Tech C0000
BrownCornell010010E
GeorgetownNorthwestern B010010E
Georgia Tech AStanford B010010E
HarvardStanford A0101020EM
Illinois APittsburgh010010E
Illinois BUCF0000
MITUCLA010010E
MichiganRutgers010010E
MinnesotaCambridge010010E
NYU AMaryland A010010E
NYU BJohns Hopkins010010E
North CarolinaMaryland B010010E
Northwestern AColumbia A010010E
Ohio StateBruin010010E
Penn StateColumbia B010010E
PurdueWaterloo0101020EM
SwarthmoreChicago B0000
TexasToronto B010010E
UC Berkeley AToronto A010010E
UC Berkeley BChicago A010010E
VirginiaGeorgia Tech B010010E
Virginia TechIndiana0101020EM
WashUVanderbilt010010E

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓2410.0088%13%0%