Hexagonal prism of Esarhaddon

c. 680–669 BC · Assyria

Hexagonal prism of Esarhaddon, from Assyria, dated c. 680–669 BC. It was found at Nimrud. Today it is kept at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

Date

c. 680–669 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Nimrud

Where it is today

Iraq Museum, Baghdad

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