Cyrus Cylinder is a clay cylinder which contains a declaration in Akkadian cuneiform script in the name of Persia's Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great that had been placed as a foundation deposit in the foundations of the Ésagila, the city's main temple.
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- Dandamaev, M.A. (2010-01-26). "The Cyrus Cylinder". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2010-09-13.