Lot 268
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A BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM POTTERY BRICK FRAGMENT

REIGN OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR II (604-562 B.C.)

Details
A BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM POTTERY BRICK FRAGMENT
REIGN OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR II (604-562 B.C.)
With impressed inscription, with part of the standard inscription
7½ in. (19 cm.) square approx.
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner's grandfather, F.S.A. (d. 1968).
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Lot Essay

The complete inscription reads "Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, who provides for Esagila and Ezida, the eldest son of Nabopolassar, King of Babylon, am I". Esagila was the temple of Marduk, the principal god of Babylon, while Ezida was the temple of the god Nabu in the nearby town of Borsippa. Amongst Nebuchadnezzar's exploits was the capture of Jerusalem in 597 B.C., taking its king, Jehoiachin, into exile in Babylon.

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