Stamped Brick

Description:

Brick stamped with cuneiform inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II and alphabetic worker's inscription (nbwn'd)

Medium:

Baked clay

Location:

Probably Babylon, Iraq

Dimensions:

H. 33 cm; W. 33 cm; D. 8.5 cm

Date:

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

Inventory Number:

B10278

Lender:

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia

Credit:

Museum Purchase; subscription of Phoebe A. Hearst, 1897