Brick

Description:

Brick with the head and wings of a protective genie

Medium:

Molded baked clay

Location:

North Palace, Nineveh (modern Mosul), Iraq

Dimensions:

H. 11.6 cm; W. 35.4 cm; D. 8.5 cm

Date:

Neo-Assyrian Period (reign of Ashurbanipal, 668–631 BCE)

Inventory Number:

1932,1212.1252

Lender:

The British Museum