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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
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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- Title: Cuneiform cylinder with inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the rebuilding of the temple of the mother-goddess Ninmah/Belet-ili at Babylon
- Date Created: ca. 604–562 BC
- Physical Dimensions: 4.38 x 2 in. (11.1 x 5.2 cm)
- Type: Cuneiform cylinder
- External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/321524
- Medium: Clay
- Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Period: Neo-Babylonian
- Culture: Babylonian
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