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brick
Object Type
brick
Museum number
90271
Description
Fired clay brick; Merodach-baladan II no. 2; cuneiform inscription stamped on face in ten lines, with a double-edged stamp.
Authority
Ruler:
Merodach-baladan II
Cultures/periods
Late Babylonian
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
William Kennett Loftus
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Warka
Materials
fired clay
Technique
stamped
Dimensions
Length:
17 inches
Width:
17 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
P – Jordan, Uruk-Warka pl. 101 c; C, T & Tr – Schott, Eanna pl. 27 & p. 55 nr. 18; B – Brinkman, Oppenheim Festschrift 42 no. 44.2.2 (a); Pr – Uruk.
Copy of brick is given in W. K. Loftus and H.A. Churchill, Drawings in Babylonia (manuscript volume in the Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities), pl. XIX nos. 1 & 2.
Measurements given in CBF Walker (1981), 'Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum': 51/35 x 36/32.5 x 8.5/7 cm (indicates range of sizes attested on the Marduk-apla-iddina II no. 2(a) bricks catalogued).
Bibliographic references
Walker 1981a / Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum
(74)
Guide 1922 / Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum
(p.85)
Frame, RIMB 2 / Rulers of Babylonia, from the Second Dynasty of Isin to the end of Assyrian domination (1157-612 BC)
(RIM.B.6.21.2.9)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Merodach-baladan II
Acquisition date
1851
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
90271
Registration number
1851,0101.277
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
br.760
(exhibition number)