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Cylinder of Cyrus the Great with text written in akkadian cuneiform. Clay. Describes the conquest of Babylon in 539 BC and the capture of King Nabonidus by Cyrus the Great, king of Persia (559-530 BC). British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Cylinder of Cyrus the Great with text written in akkadian cuneiform. Clay. Describes the conquest of Babylon in 539 BC and the capture of King Nabonidus by Cyrus the Great, king of Persia (559-530 BC). British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
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Cylinder of Cyrus the Great with text written in akkadian cuneiform. Clay. Describes the conquest of Babylon in 539 BC and the capture of King Nabonidus by Cyrus the Great, king of Persia (559-530 BC). British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
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4530 x 2695 px | 34.9 MB
Print size:
38.4 x 22.8 cm | 15.1 x 9.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
539 BC • 539BC • 6TH CENTURY A. D. • 6TH CENTURY BC • 6TH CENTURY • ACCADIAN ART • ACHAEMENID EMPIRE • ACHAEMENID PERIOD • ACHAEMENID • AKKADIAN CUNEIFORM • AKKADIAN • ALPHABET • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT DOCUMENT • ANCIENT WRITING • ANT. OR.: ACHAEMENID PERIOD • ANT. OR.: MESOPOTAMIA • ANTIQUITIES ORIENTAL: MESOPOTAMIA • AQUEMENIDAS • ART • ARTS • ASIRIA • ASIRIO • ASSUR • ASSYRIA • ASSYRIAN • BABYLON • BABYLONIA • BAKED • BARREL • BARREL-SHAPED • BC BC BC • BRITISH MUSEUM • BROKEN • CAPTURE • CAPTURING • CITY OF LONDON • CLAY • CONQUEST • CUNEIFORM SCRIPT • CUNEIFORM • CURLER • CYLINDER (BARREL) • CYLINDER • CYRUS THE GREAT • CYRUS • DEDICATION • DRUM • DYNASTY • ENGLAND • ENROLLMENT • ENROLMENT • EPIGRAPH • EPITAPH • GREAT BRITAIN • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS • HISTORY • INDOOR • INSCRIBED • INSCRIPTION • INSIDE VIEW • INSIDE • INTERIOR • IRAK • IRAQ • KING • LEGEND • LETTERING • LINE • LISTING • LONDON • MESOPOTAMIA • MESOPOTAMIAN ART • MESOPOTAMIAN • MUSEUM • MUSEUMS • MYTH: PERSIAN • NABONIDUS • OLD OLD OLD OLD STORY SEASON • PERSIA • PERSIAN ART • PERSIAN EMPIRE • PERSIAN MYTH • PERSIAN • QUEEN VICTORIA I • QUEEN VICTORIA • REGISTRATION • ROLLER • SCRIPT • SCRIPTURE • TERRACOTTA • TEXT • TORN • TRIUMPH • UK • VICTORIA I • VICTORY • WRITING • WRITTEN • WRITTING