brick
- Museum number
- 114281
- Description
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Fired clay brick; Nebuchadnezzar II no. 35; cuneiform inscription stamped on face in six lines; corner missing.
- Dimensions
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Length: 12 inches
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Thickness: 2.25 inches
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Width: 12 inches
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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C – 1 R 8, 4 and UET 1, 184; T & Tr – Langdon, VAB 4, 200-201 nr. 35; B – Berger AOAT 4/1, 204 B.I, 2; Pr – Ur.
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Bezold, Catalogue p. 2235 states that the text of 1 R 8, 4 is taken from 59-10-14,21, but that is 1859,1014.21 (BM. 90391) which is Warad-Sin no. 1. Bezold’s 21 is presumably an error for 24.
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Measurements given in CBF Walker (1981), 'Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum': 34.5/29.5 x 34/29 x 7.5/6 cm (indicates range of sizes attested on the Nebuchadnezzar no. 35 bricks catalogued).
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair; corner missing.
- Acquisition date
- 1919
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 114281
- Registration number
- 1919,1011.4712