Inscribed Brick
![Grayish-brown clay brick fragment with chipped edges. The brick is stamped with three rows of cuneiform text in a rectangular block in the center, and also impressed with a dog's paw print on the left side of the text.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/brick-nebuchadnezzar-ii-1/@@images/2a71a897-c9d5-4cf4-b746-14be88b78cda.jpeg)
Inscribed Brick
- Description:
- Fragmentary brick stamped with cuneiform inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II and impressed with a dog's paw print
- Medium:
- Baked clay
- Location:
- Babylon, Iraq
- Dimensions:
- H. 22.5 cm; W. 28 cm; D. 8.5 cm
- Date:
- Neo-Babylonian Period (reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 604–562 BCE)
- Inventory Number:
- VA Bab 04060.005
- Lender:
- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Vorderasiatisches Museum; Photo: Olaf M. Teßmer