Title: Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Ashurbanipal describing restorations of the city wall and gates at Borsippa
Object type: Cuneiform cylinder
Date: ca. 668–627 BCE
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 4.25 x 2.5 x 1.25 in. (10.8 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Geography:      Mesopotamia probably from Babylon (modern Hillah)    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY