The Cyrus Cylinder and ancient Persia : A new beginning for the Middle East
By
John Curtis
Contributor
John Curtis; with an introductory essays by Neil MacGregor and a translation of the Cyrus Cylinder by Irving Finkel.
Periodical
0
Serial
13870
Publisher
The British Museum, London and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sanghralaya, Mumbai
Description
148
ISBN / ISSN No.
9788190832335
Subject
1. Cyrus, -- the Great, King of Persia, -- -530 B.C. or 529 B.C. -- Manuscripts -- Exhibitions; 2. Art, Achaemenid -- Exhibitions; 3. Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian -- Exhibitions.
Summay
The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world. It was inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on the orders of Persian King Cyrus the Great (559-530 BC) after he captured Babylon in 539 BC.The cylinder is often ref
Accession No.
13870
Category
Persia (History)