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Cylinder with
Building Dedication, Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian period
In the 1st millenium B.C., building dedications were written on cylinders
with tapering ends, such as this, which were then concealed in walls.
Here, the extensive text in three columns commemorates the rebuilding
of the temple of the god Lugal-Marada ar Marad by King Nubuchadnezzar
II. |
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