Stamped Brick From Borsippa

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 04 October 2013

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Stamped Brick From Borsippa — A stamped mud-brick with a cuneiform inscription. From the ziggurat and temple of God of Nabu Borsippa, Babel Governorate, Iraq. The temple and ziggurat were destroyed in 484 BCE during the suppression of a revolt against the Achaemenid king Xerxes.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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ARCHIVE OF MESOPOTAMIAN ARCHAEOLOGICALAccessed 1 Dec 2016.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2013, October 04). Stamped Brick From Borsippa. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1457/stamped-brick-from-borsippa/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Stamped Brick From Borsippa." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 04, 2013. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1457/stamped-brick-from-borsippa/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Stamped Brick From Borsippa." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 04 Oct 2013. Web. 15 Apr 2021.

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