Ancient clay cylinders provide first foundation text documenting Nebuchadnezzar II’s restoration of the ziggurat of Kish
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In 2013, two local Iraqis handed over two inscribed clay cylinders to the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Subsequent analysis and translation of the inscriptions published in Iraq revealed them to belong to King Nebuchadnezzar II (604—562 BC), with their text relating to the restoration of the remains of the ziggurat in the ancient […]