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Title: Brick with Elamite royal building inscription
Period: Middle Elamite
Date: ca. 1340–1300 BCE
Geography: Iran, probably from Choga Zanbil
Culture: Elamite
Medium: Ceramic, glaze
Dimensions: 3.75 x 6.75 x 14.5 in. (9.53 x 17.15 x 36.83 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Nasli Heeramaneck, 1950
Accession Number: 50.132
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