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Cylinder of Neriglissar: Loan Ant.43

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Description

Cylinder, inscription in cuneiform script for Neriglissar, King of Babylon, recording his public works

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1969) by Trinity College, Cambridge

Dating

Neo-Babylonian
Circa -0559 BCE - -0556 BCE

Materials used in production

Baked clay

Identification numbers

Accession number: Loan Ant.43
Primary reference Number: 140904

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 4 December 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: External
Associated department: Antiquities

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