Clay cylinders found in Iraq bear writings of Babylonian king who besieged Jerusalem

Two inscribed clay cylinders found in the ancient city of Kish in central Iraq bear the writings of Nebuchadnezzar II, the Babylonian king who besieged Jerusalem. The cylinders, discovered near the ruins of Kish's ziggurat, are written in contemporary Neo-Babylonian cuneiform and contain a first-person account of Nebuchadnezzar's restoration of two temples dedicated to the Babylonian gods Zababa and Ishtar