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British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Artist/Maker Unknown
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English: Cyrus Cylinder. Terracotta, Babylonian, ca. 539-530 BC. From Babylon, southern Iraq.
Français : Cylindre de Cyrus. Terre cuite, œuvre babylonienne, v. 539-530 av. J.-C. Provenance : Babylone, Iraq du Sud.
Dimensions W. 22.5 cm (8 ¾ in.)
Accession number ME 90920
Location Upper floor, room 52: Ancient Iran
Photographer/source Marco Prins and Jona Lendering, with permission (see below); from http://www.livius.org/ct-cz/cyrus_I/cyrus_cylinder.html
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current10:33, 20 February 2007800×412 (83 KB)Pentocelo ({{PermissionOTRS-ID|2007022010005941}} {{GFDL}} Picture loaded from http://www.livius.org/a/1/mesopotamia/cyrus_cilinder.JPG resized image of the former original image Cyrus cilinder s .jpg for wich the OTRS permission (see below) was granted by the aut)