The cyrus the great cylinder

Cyrus cylinder text

The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder, now broken into several pieces, on which is written an Achaemenid royal inscription in Akkadian cuneiform script in the name of the Persian king Cyrus the Great.


the cyrus the great cylinder

Cyrus cylinder translation pdf

The Cyrus cylinder: clay cylinder; a Babylonian account of the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus in BC, of his restoration to various temples of statues removed by Nabonidus, the previous .

What does the cyrus cylinder say

The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world.


Why is the cyrus cylinder important
It is a baked-clay cyliner in Akkadian language with cuneiform script.