[10][11][12] It was written on or after Nebuchadnezzar's 7th year[3] Da Riva dates the text to 598 BCE at the latest.
The text is a review of the personnel of the Babylonian bureaucracy in order to ensure all remain loyal to Nebuchadnezzar.
The first segment describes Nebuchadnezzar's service to the gods by rebuilding their temples and supplying them with offerings.
[25][26][27] The arrangement of Babylonian regions in the Unger Prism corresponds to those mentioned in Ezekiel 23.
[28] It describes the building of a royal palace in Babylon and includes a list of Babylonian court officials[3] The Unger Prism is the only extant source which describes the upper administrative structure of the Babylonian state.
[29] Another version of the text was found in the Western Annex Building of the South Palace in Babylon on a clay prism.