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

c. 604–562 BC · Babylon

Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the construction of the outer city wall of Babylon, from Babylonia, dated c. 604–562 BC. It was found at Babylon. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

c. 604–562 BC

Civilization

Babylon

Found at

Babylon

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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