Brick
![Clay structure representing the front of a woman's face, but cropped so that her forehead and chin are absent. Her skin is unpainted brown clay while her hair is painted yellow.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/brick-water-goddess-1/@@images/3a365c17-1960-49c6-b2a6-e1d71cd3686d.jpeg)
Brick
- Description:
- Brick with the head of a water goddess
- Medium:
- Molded and incised baked clay
- Location:
- Inanna Temple Façade, Uruk (modern al-Warka), Iraq
- Dimensions:
- H. 10 cm; W. 30 cm; D. 20 cm
- Date:
- Kassite Period (reign of Karaindash, ca. 1413 BCE)
- Inventory Number:
- VA 16740
- Lender:
- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Vorderasiatisches Museum; Photo: Olaf M. Teßmer