Brick Fragment
![A square brick with a small chip in missing from the top left corner and a more substantial fragment missing from the bottom right corner. The brick is coated in a chipped and faded black substance, showing signs of wear to reveal the gray-brown clay below in spots, while other areas with the black coating show a textured zig-zag pattern.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/brick-reed-dog/@@images/44fb6ce9-d70d-4566-b597-ab5c1895a2ae.jpeg)
Brick Fragment
- Description:
- Fragmentary brick with impression of reed matting, and a dog's paw print on reverse
- Medium:
- Baked clay and bitumen
- Location:
- Babylon, Iraq
- Dimensions:
- H. 34 cm; W. 33 cm; D. 9 cm
- Date:
- Neo-Babylonian Period (probably reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 604–562 BCE)
- Inventory Number:
- VA Bab 04549
- Lender:
- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Vorderasiatisches Museum; Photo: Olaf M. Teßmer