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Description: | This is one of 3 fragments of Babylonian brick with a cuneiform inscription on it. Cuneiform is the name for the pictorial writing which was used in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) between the 3rd and 1st millennia BC. The script was made by making impressions in a piece of wet clay with a split reed stalk. This gives the writing its angular appearance. This piece of brick dates to the great Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II (about 604-562 BC).
Material: clay | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.worldarchaeology.20987 | Go to resource |
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