Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing his work on Ebabbar, the temple of the sun-god Shamash at Sippar

Medium

Clay

Dimensions

2 x 4.13 x 1.12 in. (5.08 x 10.46 x 2.85 cm)

Classification

Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Culture & Period

Babylonian · Neo-Babylonian

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, 1886

Accession Number

86.11.57

Rights

Public Domain