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Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar The Great Brick Section with Cuneiform Inscription Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar The Great Brick Section with Cuneiform Inscription Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar The Great Brick Section with Cuneiform Inscription
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LOT 0214

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).

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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LOT 0214

Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar The Great Brick Section with Cuneiform Inscription

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950

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