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153 - FRAGMENTARY CLAY FOUNDATION CYLINDER
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FRAGMENTARY CLAY FOUNDATION CYLINDER Neo-Babylonian art, Second Dynasty of Isin, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 604–562 B.C. Fragment of a barrel, originally biconical in shape, engraved with three columns of cuneiform inscriptions recounting the foundation of a surrounding wall of the E-meslam temple dedicated to Nergal, the patron god of the city of Kutha. Fractured and with missing sections; one fragment has broken off. Dimensions: 15 x 11.5 cm Provenance: Former Belgian collection from the 1960s Galerie Drees Archeo, Brussels, 2006 Private collection, Paris Bibliography: ARNAUD, Daniel, “Documents with ‘historical’ content, from the pre-Sargonid period to the 6th century,” in *Aula Orientalis* 25, 2007, pp. 62–68 A Neo-Babylonian clay cuneiform foundation cylinder, Reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 604–562 B.C.
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