Brick

B16666

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16666
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Clay
Iconography Winged Animal
Description

CBS Register: Nippur. Broken brick. Intaglio hind part of winged dragon with scorpion tail.

PBS XVI: The winged dragon. The figure was chiseled in the hollow on a baked brick. The fragment preserves the hind part of the dragon, with eagle’s claws and scorpion’s tail. The dimensions of the brick point towards a Cassite king, BC 1400, or rather Nabonidus, BC 540.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900
Other Number PBS XVI: 226 - Other Number | D5 no.252 - Other Number | P270153 - CDLI Number

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