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MM 1977:023c :: brick

Object description: The bricks are stamped with an inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II, who was king of the Neo-Babylonian or Chaldean Empire 604-562 BC. P.-R. Berger referred to 52 bricks with the same text as our three bricks. C.B.F. Walker listed 94 bricks in British Museums, most of which were not referred to by Berger. Most of the bricks are from Babylon, but a few are reported to have been found in Isin, Kish, Seleucia on Tigris, Susa and Tell ed-Der. Two of our bricks (Nos. 4 and 5) are reported to have come from a wall in the north- eastern part of the south palace in Babylon. There is a good chance that the other brick (No. 3) may be from the same building, but that cannot be proven. The cuneiform script on our clay bricks is archaised written like Old Babylonian inscriptions.Translation: “Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, provider for (the temples) Esagil and Ezida, the foremost son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon”

Data elements
References (2)

Inventory number

MM 1977:023c

Serie nummer

1230

Object

brick

Country - Findspot

Iraq : Asia

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Irak

Place - Findspot

Babylon

Material

Baked clay

Acquisition

Ambassador Carl Bergenstråhle (1909-1977) donated three bricks to the Medelhavsmuseet in 1976. He purchased them when he served as secretary of Swedish legation in Teheran in 1940. When he donated them to the Medelhavsmuseet, he claimed that they came from a wall in the northeastern part of the south palace in Babylon where R. Koldewey assumed that the “hanging gardens” were situated. This information is probably correct for two of the bricks (MM 1977:23b and MM 1977:23c). However, the third brick (MM 1977:23a) seems to be from Choga Zanbil in western Iran

Description

The bricks are stamped with an inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II, who was king of the Neo-Babylonian or Chaldean Empire 604-562 BC. P.-R. Berger referred to 52 bricks with the same text as our three bricks. C.B.F. Walker listed 94 bricks in British Museums, most of which were not referred to by Berger. Most of the bricks are from Babylon, but a few are reported to have been found in Isin, Kish, Seleucia on Tigris, Susa and Tell ed-Der. Two of our bricks (Nos. 4 and 5) are reported to have come from a wall in the north- eastern part of the south palace in Babylon. There is a good chance that the other brick (No. 3) may be from the same building, but that cannot be proven. The cuneiform script on our clay bricks is archaised written like Old Babylonian inscriptions.Translation: “Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, provider for (the temples) Esagil and Ezida, the foremost son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon”

Period

Neo-Babylonian (626-539 BC)

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

-604

Time - Manufacturing, latest

-562

Keyword

Akkadian; Nebuchadnessar II (604-562 BC)

Parallels

MM 1977: 23b

NegNo

10616

Cf Publications

Koldwey, R.1925 p. 75, Fig. 48 C and D (1990 p. 86) (copy); Berger (Kevelaer & Neukirchen-Vluyn) 1973 pp, 193-200; Walker 1981 pp. 82-85

Publications

Pedersén 1994 pp. 7-10 Fig. 5

Reference - Published in

Pedersén, Olof (1994) "Ancient Near Eastern Objects with Cuneiform Inscriptions: Part II. Elamite and Neo-Babylonian Royal Inscriptions" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 29 (1995), p. 3-10.

Source - http: libris.kb.se, books.google.se

Height / Höjd

17 cmpreservedcm

Width / Bredd

Preserved,13 cmpreservedt,7,5 cm

Dimensions

Preserved H. 17 cm, preserved W. 13 cm, preserved thick. 7.5 cm.

Condition

Two joined fragments, probably upper side.

Original register

WestAsia

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