Accession No
1952.357 B
Description
A brick with cuneiform inscriptions. One corner broken and the inscription is on one face.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; ?Babylon; ?Nineveh
Period
?Assyrian c. 750-500
Source
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1952.357 B; 1902/21
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; ?Clay
Local Term
Measurements
355mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
A typed box associated with 1952.357 A-B, Z 16009 A and 1952.356 adds 'Mallowan excavation list'; this is most likely to refer to either 1952.357 A-B or 1952.356, none of which currently have their excavation context recorded.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label adhered to one side: '1902 21'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Context (Related Documents)
Old label found with objects reads: 'These inscriptions have not yet been read. They are Assyrian and may come from Nineveh or Babylon. Their date is perhaps the second quarter of the first millennium BC (c. 750-500).' [transcribed 3/6/2003]
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Field collection)
Found: Provenance unknown, possibly from Nineveh or Babylon
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Three bricks with cuneiform inscriptions.
A: One corner missing. Inscription on the narrow side.
B: One corner broken. Inscription on one face.
C: Broken brick, remaining portion in two fragments. Inscriptions on two faces
Event Date 1952
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A brick with cuneiform inscriptions. One corner broken and the inscription is on one face.
Event Date 3/8/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:280757
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