VS 23, 040 (P373454)

Official or display brick excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VA Ass 03242a

Period

Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Measurements

Witness

Text content

Genre(s)	Official or display (witness)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Shalmaneser1.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Composite Number	Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835)	needed	View the score

Record

CDLI number	P373454
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P373454

Physical information

Artifact type	Brick
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Written In
Excavation Number	Ass 05776 ?
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VA Ass 03242a
Accession Number

References

primary: VS 23, 40

[Jakob-Rost1985VS23] Jakob-Rost, Liane, and Joachim Marzahn. 1985. Assyrische Königsinschriften Auf Ziegeln Aus Assur. Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmäler Der Staatlichen Museen Zu Berlin, Heft 23. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.
history: RIMA 1, .0.077.031

[Grayson1987RIMA1] Grayson, A. Kirk. 1987. Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millennia BC (to 1115 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Assyrian Periods, vol. 1. University of Toronto Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2007-09-19 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“VS 23, 040 Artifact Entry.” 2007. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 19, 2007. https://cdli.earth/P373454.

VS 23, 040 artifact entry (No. P373454). (2007, September 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P373454

VS 23, 040 artifact entry (2007) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P373454 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

@misc{2007VS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2007},
	month = {sep 19},
	title = {VS 23, 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P373454},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P373454},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2007/9/19/
PY  - 2007
ID  - P373454
LB  - CDLI:P373454
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - VS 23, 040 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P373454
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“VS 23, 040 Artifact Entry.” 2007. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 19, 2007. https://cdli.earth/P373454.

VS 23, 040 artifact entry (No. P373454). (2007, September 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P373454

VS 23, 040 artifact entry (2007) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P373454 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

@misc{2007VS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2007},
	month = {sep 19},
	title = {VS 23, 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P373454},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P373454},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2007/9/19/
PY  - 2007
ID  - P373454
LB  - CDLI:P373454
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - VS 23, 040 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P373454
ER  -