Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the construction of the outer city wall of Babylon

Medium

Clay

Dimensions

2 5/8 × 4 7/8 × 2 13/16 in. (6.7 × 12.35 × 7.2 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

86.11.60