Cuneiform cylinder with inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the rebuilding of the temple of the mother-goddess Ninmah/Belet-ili at Babylon
Object type: Cuneiform cylinder
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Date: ca. 604–562 BCE
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 4 x 1.75 x 1.91 in. (10.2 x 4.5 x 4.85 cm)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia Babylon (?) (modern Hillah)
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Accession year: 1886