Bricks
![Three fragmentary bricks stacked one on top of the other to form a single image of a stylized palmette. The bottom brick shows the bottom of the plant, the middle brick the center stem, and the top brick the blossom. The bricks are glazed in a siliceous material in bright green, off white, and yellow hues.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/brick-palmette/@@images/2fac001b-1248-423e-a7a4-f331430f1776.jpeg)
Bricks
- Description:
- Three fragmentary bricks with palmette motif
- Medium:
- Glazed siliceous material
- Location:
- Susa, Iran
- Dimensions:
- (A) H. 8.6 cm; W. 21.4 cm; D. 12.6 cm; (B) H. 8.6 cm; W. 21.5 cm; D. 10.4 cm; (C) H. 8.6 cm; W. 18.8; D. 13.8 cm
- Date:
- Achaemenid Period, ca. 559–331 BCE
- Inventory Number:
- 48.98.20a–c
- Lender:
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Credit:
- Rogers Fund, 1948
CC0 1.0, Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art