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brick
Object Type
brick
Museum number
90123
Description
Fired clay brick of Nebuchadnezzar II; six lines of inscription in stamp on face.
Authority
Ruler:
Nebuchadnezzar II
Cultures/periods
Neo-Babylonian Dynasty
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Iraq, South
Materials
fired clay
Technique
stamped
Dimensions
Length:
31 centimetres
Width:
31 centimetres
Depth:
8 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
C – Boson, Aegyptus 15, 422 no. 3; C – VS 1, 52; T & tr – Boson; B – Berger, AOAT 4/1, 188-192 and Pettinato, Mesopotamia 5/6, 52; Pr – Babylon, Seleucia and Ur.
Measurements given in CBF Walker (1981), 'Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum': 33.5/31 x 33.5/29 x 10/7.5 cm (indicates range of sizes attested on the Nebuchadnezzar no. 41a bricks catalogued).
Bibliographic references
Walker 1981a / Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum
(103)
Guide 1922 / Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum
(p.76)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Nebuchadnezzar II
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Mary Rich
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Claudius James Rich
Acquisition date
1825
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
90123
Registration number
1825,0503.44
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
386
Miscellaneous number:
R44
(Rich Collection no.)
Miscellaneous number:
br.486
(exhibition number)