Kyros cylinder
ancient cylinder covered with Akkadian cuneiform script
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The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder inscribed with Akkadian cuneiform text, created around the 6th century BCE during the reign of the Persian king Cyrus the Great. It is historically significant because it documents Cyrus's policies and accomplishments, including his conquests and his treatment of conquered peoples, making it an important primary source for understanding ancient Persian history.
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1879-03-01
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- Cyrus cylinder
- publication date
- 0530-00-00
- inventory number
- 90920
- inception
- 0539-00-00
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Kyros cylinder eller Kyroskrönikan är en cylinder av lera, daterad till 500-talet f. Kr., upptäckt 1879 i Babylon, där den persiske akemeniderkungen Kyros II lät inskriva information om sin härstamning, sin seger över Babylonien och de förtryckta folkens befrielse. Proklamationen, som utfärdades 538 f.Kr. berör religionsfrihet och rättstrygghet och har betraktats som den första människorättsliga förklaringen.
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1879 archaeological discoveries1879 in the Ottoman Empire6th-century BC inscriptionsAchaemenid inscriptionsAkkadian inscriptionsAncient Near and Middle East clay objectsArchaeological discoveries in IraqArchaeology of the Achaemenid EmpireArt and cultural repatriationCyrus the GreatHistory of human rightsMiddle Eastern objects in the British Museum