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The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder, now broken into several pieces, on which is written an Achaemenid royal inscription in Akkadian cuneiform script in the name of the Persian king Cyrus the Great. It dates from the 6th century BC and was discovered in the ruins of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon (now in modern Iraq) in 1879.
Jan 18, 2012 · The same year, his dynasty offered a replica of the Cyrus Cylinder to the United Nations, with an English “translation” that is largely truncated and manipulated in order to show that Cyrus made the first charter of human rights.
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For the full text of the Cyrus Cylinder, Finkel’s (2013) was consulted, which is the most recent and complete English translation. [2] Among the many Assyrian and Babylonian kings whose cylinders have survived, we can mention: the Cylinder B of Esarhaddon, the clay Cylinder of Nabopolassar, the cuneiform Cylinder of Nebuchadnezzar II and the ...
May 13, 2024 · Today identified as the Cyrus Cylinder, this ancient inscription has gained acknowledgment as humanity's inaugural charter of rights. Translated into all six official languages of the United Nations, its content mirrors the initial four Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Jul 13, 2020 · Cyrus Cylinder Translation In the Cyrus Cylinder, a cuneiform tablet now in the British Museum , Cyrus describes how he had conquered Babylon (October 539 BCE). It is interesting because the Persian king presents himself to his new subjects as the perfect ruler, carefully copying Babylonian ideas about good governance.
There are many translations of the Cyrus Cylinder available in the scholarly literature; two accessible recent translations are Kuhrt 2007a: 70–74 and one posted at Livius.org: https://www.livius.org/sources/content/cyrus-cylinder/cyrus-cylinder-translation/ (accessed October 23, 2020).
For more information about the Cyrus Cylinder, you may also consult the following sources: Cyrus Cylinder U.S. Tour 2013 website; Cyropaedia; The British Museum: Cyrus Cylinder Translation of the Text on the Cyrus Cylinder: English; Persian (PDF) The Oxus Treasure; TED Talk: Neil MacGregor: 2600 Years of History in One Object (July 2011)
