Brick
![Rectangular brown brick with a molded, raised-relief face representing a female figure in profile (facing right) with wings flanking her side. The figure is shown from the neck up, but her forehead is absent.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/brick-genie/@@images/0b6f76c4-ffef-4e4c-88ca-684c739ac2a6.jpeg)
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
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