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Inscribed Brick

1850 BC - 1800 BC
Clay
Tell Asmar
41 cm x 41 cm x 7.0 cm
A9004

Oriental Institute Museum

Artifact Description

Inscribed Brick

This large, square, baked clay brick was used to pave a street. It bears an eight-line inscription praising Ipiq-Adad II, king of the city of Eshnunna.

Inscription

Ipiq-Adad, mighty king, king who enlarges Eshnunna, shepherd of the black-headed people, beloved of the god Tishpak, son of Ibal-pi-El.

Collected by

Henri Frankfort, Field Director of the Iraq Expedition
Excavated by The Oriental Institute 1931-1932

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Suggested Readings

Kramer, Samuel Noah. Cradle of Civilization. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1967.

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.

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