Brick
![Two parts of a rectangular broken brick are placed together along the fault. The face of the brick is molded and painted yellow with a stripe of light blue on the right. The top of the brick, visible in the photograph, is unpainted gray-brown clay. The brick is photographed against a black background.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/brick-bull-belly/@@images/4b4455eb-7b78-46bb-a209-bb79c92a86bd.jpeg)
Brick
- Description:
- Brick with the underbelly of a bull
- Medium:
- Molded and glazed baked clay
- Location:
- Ezida Temple, Borsippa (modern Birs Nimrud), Iraq
- Dimensions:
- H. 8 cm; W. 33 cm; D. 22 cm
- Date:
- Neo-Babylonian Period, ca. 600–539 BCE
- Inventory Number:
- VA Bab 00659
- Lender:
- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Vorderasiatisches Museum; Photo: Olaf M. Teßmer