Inscribed Bricks

Description:

Bricks with a protective bull-man and cuneiform inscription

Medium:

Molded baked clay

Location:

Inshushinak Temple, Apadana Mound, Susa, Iran

Dimensions:

H. 139 cm; W. 36 cm; D. 33 cm

Date:

Middle Elamite Period, Shutrukid Dynasty (reign of Kutir-Nahhunte and Shilhak-Inshushinak, 1150–1120 BCE)

Inventory Number:

Sb 21960

Lender:

Musée du Louvre, Paris, Département des Antiquités orientales