Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II commemorating the reconstruction of Etemenanki, the ziggurat at Babylon
Object type: Cuneiform cylinder
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Date: ca. 604–562 BCE
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 3.5 x 3.12 x 1.18 in. (8.89 x 7.92 x 3 cm)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia Babylon (?)
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Accession year: 1886