brick
- Museum number
- 90097
- Description
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Fired clay brick of Nebuchadnezzar II; three lines of inscription in stamp on face.
- Dimensions
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Length: 32 centimetres
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Width: 29 centimetres
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Depth: 7 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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P – CIS II/1, pl. IV no. 54; C – VS 1 48; T & Tr – Langdon, VAB 4, 202-3 nr. 40; B – Berger, AOAT 4/1, 179-182, and de Meyer, Tell ed-Der II 157; Pr – Babylon, Cutha, Isin, Sippar, Seleucia, Susa and Tell ed-Der.
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Measurements given in CBF Walker (1981), 'Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum': 35/32 x 35/31.5 x 8/7 cm (indicates range of sizes attested on the Nebuchadnezzar no. 40 bricks catalogued).
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair
- Acquisition date
- 1825
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 90097
- Registration number
- 1825,0503.50
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: R50 (Rich Collection no.)
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Miscellaneous number: br.454 (exhibition number)
