Title: Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nabonidus describing work on Ebabbar, the temple of the sun-god Shamash, at Sippar
Object type: Cuneiform cylinder
Date: ca. 555–539 BCE
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 3 x 3.5 x 1.75 in. (7.62 x 8.89 x 4.4 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Geography:      Mesopotamia Sippar (?)    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY