1. Brick 3.25 x 3.12 x 2.5 in. (8.26 x 7.92 x 6.35 cm)

Date:

-600 - -500
ca. 6th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Neo-Babylonian

Medium:

Glazed ceramic

Extent:

3.25 x 3.12 x 2.5 in. (8.26 x 7.92 x 6.35 cm)

2. Brick 4.57 x 6.89 in. (11.61 x 17.5 cm)

Date:

-900 - -800
ca. 9th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)

Time period:

Neo-Assyrian

Medium:

Glazed ceramic

Extent:

4.57 x 6.89 in. (11.61 x 17.5 cm)

3. Brick 4.76 x 6.69 in. (12.09 x 16.99 cm)

Date:

-900 - -800
ca. 9th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)

Time period:

Neo-Assyrian

Medium:

Glazed ceramic

Extent:

4.76 x 6.69 in. (12.09 x 16.99 cm)

4. Brick 5 x 4.69 in. (12.7 x 11.91 cm)

Date:

-900 - -800
ca. 9th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)

Time period:

Neo-Assyrian

Medium:

Glazed ceramic

Extent:

5 x 4.69 in. (12.7 x 11.91 cm)

5. Brick fragment with a guilloche design 4.76 x 6.06 in. (12.09 x 15.39 cm)

Date:

-900 - -800
ca. 9th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)

Time period:

Neo-Assyrian

Medium:

Ceramic, glaze

Extent:

4.76 x 6.06 in. (12.09 x 15.39 cm)

6. Brick fragment with a guilloche design 5.5 x 4.87 x 4 in. (13.97 x 12.37 x 10.16 cm)

Date:

-900 - -800
ca. 9th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)

Time period:

Neo-Assyrian

Medium:

Ceramic, glaze

Extent:

5.5 x 4.87 x 4 in. (13.97 x 12.37 x 10.16 cm)

7. Brick fragment with the head of an ibex H. 4 7/8 x W. 3 5/8 in. (12.4 x 9.2 cm)

Date:

-900 - -800
ca. 9th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)

Time period:

Neo-Assyrian

Medium:

Ceramic, glaze

Extent:

H. 4 7/8 x W. 3 5/8 in. (12.4 x 9.2 cm)

8. Brick with guilloche design 4.02 x 7.4 in. (10.21 x 18.8 cm)

Date:

-900 - -800
ca. 9th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)

Time period:

Neo-Assyrian

Medium:

Ceramic, glaze

Extent:

4.02 x 7.4 in. (10.21 x 18.8 cm)

9. Bricks with a palmette motif 3.35 x 5.51 x 7.48 in. (8.51 x 14 x 19 cm)

Date:

-600 - -300
ca. 6th–4th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran
Susa

Time period:

Achaemenid

Medium:

Ceramic, glaze

Extent:

3.35 x 5.51 x 7.48 in. (8.51 x 14 x 19 cm)

10. Drain pipe Diam. 7.9 cm max. x L. 9-1/4 in.

Date:

200 - 699
ca. 3rd–7th century A.D.

Geographic region:

Iran
Qasr-i Abu Nasr

Time period:

Sasanian

Medium:

Ceramic

Extent:

Diam. 7.9 cm max. x L. 9-1/4 in.

11. Glazed brick 5 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (14 × 31.8 × 7.8 cm)

Date:

1 - 200
ca. 1st–2nd century A.D

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Ctesiphon

Time period:

Parthian

Medium:

Ceramic, glaze

Extent:

5 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (14 × 31.8 × 7.8 cm)

12. Glazed brick 5 3/8 in. × 12 1/2 in. × 3 in. (13.6 × 31.8 × 7.6 cm)

Date:

1 - 200
ca. 1st–2nd century A.D

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Ctesiphon

Time period:

Parthian

Medium:

Ceramic, glaze

Extent:

5 3/8 in. × 12 1/2 in. × 3 in. (13.6 × 31.8 × 7.6 cm)