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 BC
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 4.38 x 2 in. (11.1 x 5.2 cm)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia Babylon (?) (modern Hillah)
Credit line: Purchase, 1879
Accession year: 1879