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Cylinder of Neriglissar, King of Babylon, from Iraq

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An image of Cylinder of Neriglissar. Cylinder, inscription in cuneiform script for Neriglissar, King of Babylon, recording his public works. Production Place: Babylon Iraq. Baked clay. Neo-Babylonian, circa 559-556 B.C. Trinity College Loan.

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Cylinder of Neriglissar. Cylinder, inscription in cuneiform script for Neriglissar, King of Babylon, recording his public works. Production Place: Babylon Iraq. Baked clay. Neo-Babylonian, circa 559-556 B.C. Trinity College Loan.

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  • Accession Number: Loan Ant.43
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Mark Box
  • Image height: 626 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 355.32kB
  • Exposure time: 1/17
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Captured: 2012:03:14 12:08:01

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