Seleucia / cuneiform brick / Bitumen / Ceramic

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.03.3662
Object Name: cuneiform brick
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Seleucia) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Inscriptions on clay
Materials: Bitumen; Ceramic
Weight: too heavy to weigh
Pierced: no
Inscribed: yes
Full Artifact Description: Root: Fragmentary mudbrick of Nebuchadnezzar II.
Verbatim Date: ca 604-562 BC
Verbatim Provenance: Iraq
Verbatim Site: Seleucia
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.03.3662
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.03.3662/%25

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Full citation: "Seleucia; cuneiform brick; Bitumen; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.03.3662/%25. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 17, 2024.