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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