Nebuchadnezzar Brick from Babylon Replica (plaster cast). Our Nebuchadnezzar II Brick is important in the study of Biblical Archaeology because it contains a declaration by king Nebuchadnezzar II, who is mentioned in the Bible and is the one who destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem in 586 BC and carried the Jews away into exile. Bricks were baked clay and usually bore a stamped inscription but some were inscribed by hand. Inscription says: 'Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, who cares for Esagila and Ezida, eldest son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon'. Esagila was the temple of Marduk in Babylon, Ezida was the temple of Nabu, god of writing in Borsippa. Size 145 x 120 x 20mm