Esarhaddon’s basalt monument on rebuilding Babylon

c. 670 BC · Assyria

Esarhaddon’s basalt monument on rebuilding Babylon, from Assyria, dated c. 670 BC. It was found at Babylon. Today it is kept at the British Museum, London.

Date

c. 670 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Babylon

Where it is today

British Museum, London

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