Ashurbanipal restoring the Temple of Marduk in Babylon

c. 668–655 BC · Assyria

Ashurbanipal restoring the Temple of Marduk in Babylon, from Assyria, dated c. 668–655 BC. It was found at Babylon. Today it is kept at the British Museum, London.

Date

c. 668–655 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Babylon

Where it is today

British Museum, London

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