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Image: Nabonidus's preoccupation with the moon god Sin led to building work outside Babylon. This clay cylinder records the restoration of Sin's ziggurat at Ur, and also asks him to protect Nabonidus and his son, Belshazzar. From Ur, Iraq

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Description: Nabonidus's preoccupation with the moon god Sin led to building work outside Babylon. This clay cylinder records the restoration of Sin's ziggurat at Ur, and also asks him to protect Nabonidus and his son, Belshazzar. From Ur, Iraq. Reign of Nabonidus, 556-539 BCE. British Museum.
Title: Nabonidus's preoccupation with the moon god Sin led to building work outside Babylon. This clay cylinder records the restoration of Sin's ziggurat at Ur, and also asks him to protect Nabonidus and his son, Belshazzar. From Ur, Iraq
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