Inscribed Brick

604 BC - 562 BC
Clay
Original Site Unknown
20.4 cm x 18.7 cm x 7.1 cm
A2502

Oriental Institute Museum

Artifact Description

Inscribed Brick

The cuneiform script, like our own alphabet, was used to write many different languages. This inscribed brick, written in Akkadian, is associated with Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylon, who was known for his ambitious building projects.

Inscription

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, patron of Esagila and Ezida, first born of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon

Suggested Readings

Leick, Gwendolyn. A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture. London: Routledge, 1988.

Roaf, Michael. Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. New York: Facts on File, 1990.

Saggs, H. F. W. The Greatness That Was Babylon. New York: Hawthorne Books, 1962.

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