Shipping Crate

A wooden crate with an open top filled with brick fragments and the word "Schmarz" written by hand in faded black paint on one side of the box. 16 bricks with faded and cracked yellow, black, and white pigment bands are arranged in front of the crate. The crate and bricks are photographed in front of a back background.

Shipping Crate

Description:: Crate used to ship bricks from Babylon to Berlin

Medium:: Wood

Location:: Babylon, Iraq

Dimensions:: H. 45 cm; W. 85 cm; D. 48 cm

Date:: 1903 or 1927 CE

Inventory Number:: N/A

Lender:: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Vorderasiatisches Museum; Photo: Olaf M. Teßmer