A blue glazed brick fragment discovered at Nineveh bears a two-line inscription of a late Neo-Assyrian king, probably Ashurbanipal, commemorating the defeat of Elam. The outlines of the signs are white, while their interiors are filled in with red. The brick presumably formed part of a much larger inscription that no longer exists.
Access the composite text [/rinap/rinap5/Q003770/] of Ashurbanipal 71.
Museum Number | Registration Number | Provenance | Dimensions (cm) | cpn |
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BM 122095 | 81-2-4,7 | Nineveh, reportedly from Nebi Yunus | 11.4×34.3 | c |
Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers
Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers, 'Inscriptions on Glazed Bricks (text no. 71)', RINAP 5: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal, Aššur-etel-ilāni, and Sîn-šarra-iškun, The RINAP/RINAP 5 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2024 [http://oracc.org/rinap/rinap5/RINAP51TextIntroductions/GlazedBrickstext71/]