Cuneiform prism: inscription of Esarhaddon

c. 681 BC · Assyria

Cuneiform prism: inscription of Esarhaddon, from Assyria, dated c. 681 BC. It was found at Babylon. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

c. 681 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Babylon

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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