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Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
BABYLONIAN NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE GREAT BRICK SECTION WITH CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTION
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 5/8 x 8 in. (1.2 kg total, 27 x 20 cm).
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 5/8 x 8 in. (1.2 kg total, 27 x 20 cm).
Rectangular mud-brick with 14 lines of impressed cuneiform text within a reserved border; supposed reference to 'Nabû-kudurri-uṣur' (Nebuchadnezzar); mounted in a custom-made display frame.
PROVENANCE:
Ex B.A. family collection, Kent, pre 1990s.
E.P. collection, Cambridge,1990s-2000’s.
Latterly to the J.L. collection, Surrey, UK.
FOOTNOTES:
Nebuchadnezzar, known as 'the Great', was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, who reigned from the death of his father Nabopolassar in 605 B.C. to his own death in 562 B.C. He is often regarded as the empire's greatest ruler due to his military victories and his renovations at Babylon.
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