Lot Essay
Old ink inscribed collection label on base reading "Brick from Babylon sent by Guillan from Mesopotamia 1918 ..."
REIGN OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR II, 604-561 B.C.
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A NEO-BABYLONIAN CLAY FOUNDATION BRICK OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR II
REIGN OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR II, 604-561 B.C.
The fragmentary brick with four lines of cuneiform from the standard text: "Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, provider of the temples of Esagila and Ezida, the eldest son of Nabopolassar, King of Babylon", in wood mount
Mount: 4 x 7¼ x 4¼ in. (10 x 18.5 x 11 cm.)
REIGN OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR II, 604-561 B.C.
The fragmentary brick with four lines of cuneiform from the standard text: "Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, provider of the temples of Esagila and Ezida, the eldest son of Nabopolassar, King of Babylon", in wood mount
Mount: 4 x 7¼ x 4¼ in. (10 x 18.5 x 11 cm.)
Provenance
Plesch collection (Cm 18A); acquired Sotheby's London, 5 June 1979, lot 77.
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