Cuneiform cylinder: Ehulhul inscription of Nabonidus describing his work on three temples
Object type: Cuneiform cylinder
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Date: ca. 555–539 BCE
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 3.5 x 5 in. (8.89 x 12.7 cm)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia probably from Babylon or Sippar
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Accession year: 1886