Artist Assyrian, Mesopotamian
Title
  • Ziggurat Brick from the Assyrian Capital City of Kalhu
Date 859 - 825 BCE
Medium fired clay
Dimensions Overall: 14 × 11 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (35.6 × 29.2 × 11.4 cm)
Credit Line Gift of George S. Waite
Accession Number 00.3
Department Ancient Near Eastern Art
On View Ancient Middle East Gallery, Level 1 (see map)
Inscriptions Inscribed: [In cuneiform, part of the connected annals of Shalmanezer]
George S. Waite;
1900-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Bulletin of the DIA, vol. I, no. 1 (1919) pp. 11-12 (ill.).