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title: Stamped Brick From Borsippa
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1457/stamped-brick-from-borsippa/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Stamped Brick From Borsippa

_Authored by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin_

## Image File

[![Stamped Brick From Borsippa](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1457.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1457.jpg)

## Image Caption

A stamped mud-brick with a [cuneiform](https://www.worldhistory.org/cuneiform/) inscription. From the [ziggurat](https://www.worldhistory.org/ziggurat/) and [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) of [God](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) of [Nabu](https://www.worldhistory.org/Nabu/) Borsippa, [Babel](https://www.worldhistory.org/babylon/) Governorate, Iraq. The temple and ziggurat were destroyed in 484 BCE during the suppression of a revolt against the [Achaemenid](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Achaemenid/) king [Xerxes](https://www.worldhistory.org/Xerxes_I/).

## Bibliography

- [ARCHIVE OF MESOPOTAMIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL](http://mesopotamiaarchive.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/borsippa/ "ARCHIVE OF MESOPOTAMIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL"), accessed 1 Dec 2016.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2013, October 04). Stamped Brick From Borsippa. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1457/stamped-brick-from-borsippa/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Stamped Brick From Borsippa." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 04, 2013. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1457/stamped-brick-from-borsippa/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Stamped Brick From Borsippa." *World History Encyclopedia*, 04 Oct 2013, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1457/stamped-brick-from-borsippa/>.

## License & Copyright

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