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

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

Date: ca. 604–562 BCE
Type: Cuneiform cylinder
Medium: Clay
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Culture: Babylonian
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 86.11.60
Credit: Purchase, 1886

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