Title: Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the construction of the outer city wall of Babylon
Object type: Cuneiform cylinder
Date: ca. 604–562 BCE
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 2 5/8 × 4 7/8 × 2 13/16 in. (6.7 × 12.35 × 7.2 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Geography:      Mesopotamia Babylon (?)    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY