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Museum number: 85979
Description: Fired clay brick; Eannatum 'Brick B' lines 1-10, 12-23 and 25-33; cuneiform inscription on face in three columns.
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Curator's comments: P – de Sarzec, DC pl. 31 bis 2; C – Sollberger, Corpus pl. 24 Ean. 22; T – SAK 26 Eannatum I; Tr – IRSA I C 5c; B – Sollberger, pp. ix-x; Pr – Girsu (Tello).; Measurements given in CBF Walker (1981), 'Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum': 31/29.5cm x 21.5/19cm x 5/4 cm (indicates range of sizes attested on the Eannatum 'Brick B' bricks catalogued).
Bibliographic references: Walker 1981a / Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum (1); Guide 1922 / Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum (p.58 & pl. I (after p.4)); King, CT 9 / Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum: Plates (2); Sollberger 1956 / Corpus des inscriptions 'royales' présargonniques de Lagas
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: Exhibition: 'Strokes of Genius-Contemporary Iraqi Art', 2000. Babylonian Room, wall-case 2
Condition: Fair
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Acquisition date: 1899
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 85979
Registration number: 1899,0415.786

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