Inscribed Brick
![A dark gray brick fragment, roughly rectangular and chipped at its edges, with an alphabetic inscription on it, center left.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/brick-worker-1/@@images/2e9f0099-42d3-4760-9ce2-396d11cc210d.jpeg)
Inscribed Brick
- Description:
- Brick fragment incised with alphabetic worker's inscription (zbn')
- Medium:
- Baked clay
- Location:
- El-Kasr Mound, Babylon, Iraq
- Dimensions:
- H. 8 cm; W. 14 cm; D. 10.5 cm
- Date:
- Neo-Babylonian Period (probably reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 604–562 BCE)
- Inventory Number:
- VA Bab 04553
- Lender:
- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Vorderasiatisches Museum; Photo: Olaf M. Teßmer