Glazed Brick with Rosette Pattern

721 BC - 705 BC
Clay
Khorsabad
11.5 cm x 34 cm x 34 cm
A11796

Oriental Institute Museum

Artifact Description

Glazed Brick with Rosette Pattern

This is a glazed brick from the throne room of King Sargon II's palace at Dur-Sharrukin (modern-day Khorsabad). One side of the brick was painted with a row of rosettes, which formed part of the decoration of the upper walls.

Collected by

Iraq Expedition
Excavated by The Oriental Institute 1932-1933

Multimedia

The Ancient City of Khorsabad
Dr. Gil Stein, Director of the Oriental Institute, discusses the importance of the ancient capital city of Khorsabad in this video.

How Do We Care for Ancient Artifacts?
How do artifacts survive over time? Oriental Institute Museum conservator Laura D'Alessandro tells us how they are cared for in this video.

Suggested Readings

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

Parpola, Simo. Letters from Assyria and the West: The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, 1987.

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

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