Cuneiform cylinder with inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the rebuilding of the temple of the mother-goddess Ninmah/Belet-ili at Babylon

Cuneiform cylinder with inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the rebuilding of the temple of the mother-goddess Ninmah/Belet-ili at Babylon

ca. 604–562 BC · Babylonian

Clay

The Met · Ancient Near Eastern Art · CC0 · Purchase, 1879

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