Cuneiform prism describing the restoration of Babylon by Esarhaddon, stamped with Assyrian hieroglyphic inscription
Unknown Artist
ca. 676–672 BCE
Medium
Clay
Dimensions
2 7/8 × 4 7/16 × 4 1/4 in. (7.3 × 11.3 × 10.8 cm)
Classification
Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions
Culture & Period
Assyrian · Neo-Assyrian
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, 1886
Accession Number
86.11.283
Tags
Lions