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Auction archive: Lot number 1

ASSYRIAN, CUNEIFORM -- ADAD-NIRARI I (1305 - 1274 BC). - Palace foundation brick with cuneiform describing the reinforcement of a canal.

Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$10,409 - US$14,871
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 1

ASSYRIAN, CUNEIFORM -- ADAD-NIRARI I (1305 - 1274 BC). - Palace foundation brick with cuneiform describing the reinforcement of a canal.

Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$10,409 - US$14,871
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Palace foundation brick with cuneiform describing the reinforcement of a canal.
Assur: c. 1305 - 1274 BC. Large cuneiform brick (405 x 150 x 76 mm). Provenance: EJ Gold Northern California Museum of Ancient Art, deaccessioned 1970s; Joel L. Malter (private collection). This brick was laid into the foundation of a palace at Assur the text bestowing a blessing. It reads, "Palace (property of) Adad-nirari, ruler son of Arik-din-ilii, ruler, (brick) belonging to the embankment wall facing the river/canal …" a remarkable survival of a large ancient cuneiform brick, few of which remain in private hands. Adad-nirari I was King of Assyria from about 1305-1274 BC. He is the earliest Assyrian kings whose annals survive in detail. His conquests included northern Mesopotamia incorporating the Mitanni empire and thus uniting the Mesopotamian region.

Auction archive: Lot number 1
Auction:
Datum:
10 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

Palace foundation brick with cuneiform describing the reinforcement of a canal.
Assur: c. 1305 - 1274 BC. Large cuneiform brick (405 x 150 x 76 mm). Provenance: EJ Gold Northern California Museum of Ancient Art, deaccessioned 1970s; Joel L. Malter (private collection). This brick was laid into the foundation of a palace at Assur the text bestowing a blessing. It reads, "Palace (property of) Adad-nirari, ruler son of Arik-din-ilii, ruler, (brick) belonging to the embankment wall facing the river/canal …" a remarkable survival of a large ancient cuneiform brick, few of which remain in private hands. Adad-nirari I was King of Assyria from about 1305-1274 BC. He is the earliest Assyrian kings whose annals survive in detail. His conquests included northern Mesopotamia incorporating the Mitanni empire and thus uniting the Mesopotamian region.

Auction archive: Lot number 1
Auction:
Datum:
10 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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