Inscribed Brick

Description:

Brick stamped with alphabetic worker's inscription (lqṣr') and a lion surrounded by body parts

Medium:

Baked clay and bitumen

Location:

Southern Palace, El-Kasr Mound, Babylon, Iraq

Dimensions:

H. 34 cm; W. 34 cm; D. 10 cm

Date:

Neo-Babylonian Period (reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 604–562 BCE)

Inventory Number:

VA Bab 04389

Lender:

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum