Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the construction of the outer city wall of Babylon
Object type: Cuneiform cylinder
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Date: ca. 604–562 BCE
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 2 5/8 × 4 7/8 × 2 13/16 in. (6.7 × 12.35 × 7.2 cm)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia Babylon (?)
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Accession year: 1886