A Sumerian Clay Brick
Sale 1035 - Antiquities and Ancient Art: A Study
May 26, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$4,000 -
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Lot Description
A Sumerian Clay Brick
Early Middle Babylonian Period, Kassite Dynasty, Reign of King Kurigalzu II, Circa 1345-1324 B.C.
Length 10 1/4 inches (26 cm).
Provenance:
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois, 138th Buy or Bid Sale, 1 June 2004, Lot 479.
Note:
This Kassite inscribed brick dates to the reign of King Kurigalzu II, 1345-1324 B.C. It includes eight lines of Sumerian text, reading: "For the god, Enlil, his king, Kurigalzu, the chief administrator of Enlil, built the E-u-gal ("House of the Great Lord"), his beloved temple, its 'House of Delight'."
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