Inscribed Brick
![A square brick made of light brown clay, stamped at center with an alphabetic inscription and a lion. The brick has rounded edges and has two major cracks on either side of the inscription.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/brick-lion-1/@@images/ff48313b-aae1-4999-95c8-6b758879b7bd.jpeg)
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
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Vorderasiatisches Museum; Photo: Olaf M. Teßmer