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brick
Object Type
brick
Museum number
90134
Description
Fired clay brick; Hammurapi A; cuneiform inscription stamped on face in nine lines.
Authority
Ruler:
Hammurapi
Cultures/periods
Old Babylonian
Materials
fired clay
Technique
stamped
Dimensions
Length:
34.50 centimetres
Width:
34.50 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
C, T & Tr – King, LIH no. 63; Pr – Larsa.
Measurements given in CBF Walker (1981), 'Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum': 34.5/33 x 34.5/32.5 x 9/7.5 cm (indicates range of sizes attested on the Hammurabi A bricks catalogued).
Bibliographic references
Walker 1981a / Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum
(47)
Guide 1922 / Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum
(p.62)
King, LIH I / The letters and inscriptions of Hammurabi, king of Babylon, vol. I
(no. 63)
Frayne, RIME 4 / Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC)
(RIM.E.4.3.6.13.2)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Hammurapi
Acquisition date
1979
Acquisition notes
This registration was given to all bricks in the British Museum's collection which had BM numbers but no identifiable registration, except for those lately registered in the 75-7-25 collection. Almost all of them will have been acquired in the 19th century, since the numbers in the series BM 90000-90825 seem to have been allocated in the late 1890's.
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
90134
Registration number
1979,1220.63
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
br.121
(exhibition number)