Curtis, John / Neil Macgregor. The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia - A New Beginning for the Middle East. British Museum Press, 2013.
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John Curtis / Neil Macgregor

The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia

A New Beginning for the Middle East
  • British Museum Press
  • 2013
  • Gebunden
  • 144 Seiten
  • ISBN 9780714111872
Übersetzung: Irving Finkel

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.

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