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Object Type
Museum number: 90151
Description: Fired clay brick; Nabonidus no. 15; cuneiform inscription stamped on face in five lines.
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production place: Made in: Asia
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 37 centimetres; Thickness: 6.50 centimetres; Width: 37 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: C – UET 1, 186; T & Tr – Langdon, VAB 4, 296-297 nr. 15; B – Berger, AOAT 4/1, 352; Pr – Ur.; Measurements given in CBF Walker (1981), 'Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum': 37.5/37 x 37/36 x 7/6 cm (indicates range of sizes attested on the Nabonidus no. 15 bricks catalogued).
Bibliographic references: Walker 1981a / Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum (113); Guide 1922 / Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum (p.79)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Fair
Associated names
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: 90151
Registration number: 1979,1220.73
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: br.511 (exhibition number)

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