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Brick from the Ziggurat of Shalmaneser III

Made By Neo-Assyrian
Date859-840 BCE
PeriodNeo-Assyrian
Mediumclay
DimensionsOverall: 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 4 15/16 in. (35 x 35 x 12.5 cm)
Classification(s)
  • ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of Professor Edgar J. Banks and Dr. John Henry Haynes, Class of 1876
Terms
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Object number20.1.33.B
DescriptionIncribed clay brick of Shalmaneser III off the outer face of the ziggurat at Nimrud. Cuneiform script in Akkadian.
Inscribedcuneiform inscription
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