Accession No
1952.357 C
Description
A brick with cuneiform inscription. It is broken, the remaining portion is in two fragments, and the inscription is on two faces.
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 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; ?Clay
Local Term
Measurements
190mm
Events
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 (c750-500).' [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 inscription. It is broken, the remaining portion is in two fragments, and the inscription is on two faces.
Event Date 3/8/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:280758
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