Cuneiform cylinder with inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II, describing the rebuilding of Ebabbar, the temple of the sun-god Shamash at Sippar
Object type: Cuneiform cylinder
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Date: ca. 604–562 BCE
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 3 1/8 in. × 8 in. × 3 1/8 in. (7.9 × 20.3 × 7.9 cm)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia Sippar (?) (modern Tell Abu Habba)
Credit line: Purchase, 1884
Accession year: 1885