Inscribed Brick

1850 BC - 1800 BC
Clay
Tell Asmar
32 cm x 32 cm x 7.0 cm
A9003

Oriental Institute Museum

Inscribed Brick

This inscribed brick, written in Akkadian, is associated with Ipiq-Adad II, king of the city of Eshnunna. Bricks such as this one were inscribed while the clay was still soft.

Inscription

Divine Ipiq-Adad, mighty king, the king who enlarged Eshnunna, shepherd of the 'black-headed people'. Beloved one of Ishtar, son of Ibalpiel.

Collected by

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



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.