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Cuneiform brick; ca. 5th century BCE; 219.14

From:UC Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities

Name/TitleCuneiform brick

About this objectThis clay tablet from the 1st millennium BC features cuneiform script which was impressed into the clay on both sides before it was baked. The writing is probably Babylonian script.

The tablet was donated to the University in 2014, and originated from the collection of Maxwell Coulbeck. It is said to have been acquired from the well-known Amherst Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, and is probably an administrative document or contract.

Date Madeca. 5th century BCE

PeriodNeo-Babylonian

Medium and MaterialsClay

TechniqueInscriptions

TechniqueStamps (marks)

Measurements54 x 46mm

Subject and Association KeywordsCuneiform inscriptions

Subject and Association KeywordsWriting, history

Subject and Association KeywordsWriting and art

Named CollectionThe James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Credit LineDonated by the PhiloLogie Society, 2014. From the collection of Maxwell Coulbeck.

Object TypeInformation Artifacts

Object number219.14