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Location

  • Iraq, Madīnat Bābil
  • geo:32.533836,44.421188

Period or year

  • -539~ / unknown

Classification

  • object
  • Visible

Cyrus Cylinder

data access 66522

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.

See:

  1. Dandamaev, M.A. (2010-01-26). "The Cyrus Cylinder". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2010-09-13.

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2020-08-16) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/66522
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Cyrus Cylinder. https://vici.org/vici/66522, accessed 2026-11-09.