Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nabonidus describing work on Ebabbar, the temple of the sun-god Shamash, at Sippar
Unknown Artist
ca. 555–539 BCE
Medium
Clay
Dimensions
3 x 3.5 x 1.75 in. (7.62 x 8.89 x 4.4 cm)
Classification
Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Culture & Period
Babylonian · Neo-Babylonian
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, 1886
Accession Number
86.11.52