Mesopotamian Cylinder Naming Nabonidus & Sacred Buildings

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 13 April 2016

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Mesopotamian Cylinder Naming Nabonidus & Sacred Buildings — Clay cylinder with Babylonian characters, recording the restoration of Sin's ziggurat at Ur and also asking him to protect Nabonidus and his son Belshazzar. From Ur, Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Babylonian Period, reign of Nabonidus, 556-539 BCE.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, April 13). Mesopotamian Cylinder Naming Nabonidus & Sacred Buildings. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4915/mesopotamian-cylinder-naming-nabonidus--sacred-bui/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Mesopotamian Cylinder Naming Nabonidus & Sacred Buildings." World History Encyclopedia, April 13, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4915/mesopotamian-cylinder-naming-nabonidus--sacred-bui/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Mesopotamian Cylinder Naming Nabonidus & Sacred Buildings." World History Encyclopedia, 13 Apr 2016, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4915/mesopotamian-cylinder-naming-nabonidus--sacred-bui/.

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