Title: 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
Date: ca. 604–562 BCE
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 4 x 1.75 x 1.91 in. (10.2 x 4.5 x 4.85 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Geography:      Mesopotamia Babylon (?) (modern Hillah)    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY