The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning for the Middle East - John Curtis - Books - British Museum Press - 9780714111872 - July 15, 2013
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The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning for the Middle East

John Curtis

The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning for the Middle East

The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world. The Cylinder was inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on the orders of the Persian King Cyrus the Great (559ae'530BC) after he captured Babylon in 539BC.


144 pages, 110 colour illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released July 15, 2013
ISBN13 9780714111872
Publishers British Museum Press
Pages 144
Dimensions 224 × 282 × 19 mm   ·   975 g
Language English  
Translator Finkel, Irving L.

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