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.jpg){kind=spacer} English: Cuneiform clay foundation cylinder of Nabonidus. 555BC-540BC Neo-Babylonian Dynasty. Excavated at the Shamash Temple. |
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| Source/Photographer | Fæ (Own work) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| British Museum reference | 91109 / Registration:1882,0714.1025 |
| Detailed description | Clay foundation cylinder of Nabonidus; Nabonidus was a king with a particular interest in ancient traditions; this document records the pious reconstruction of temples to the Moon god at Harran and to the sun god and the goddess Anunitum at Sippar; during the work at Sippar, inscriptions of the older kings Naram Sin and Shagarakti Shuriash were discovered, and Nabonidus offers dates for them considerably exaggerating their age; 3cols; 53 + 65 + 51 ll. ~ Description extract from BM record. |
| Size | Height: 22.86 cm (9.00 in) Diameter: 9.2 cm (3.6 in) |
| Location | Room 55 |
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