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| ==The Cyrus Cylinder== | ==The Cyrus Cylinder== |
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| //Artifact//: Clay cylinder\\ | //Artifact//: Clay cylinder\\ |
| While the text is often admired by modern readers for its 'kindly' outlook, it should be noted that the themes of mercy and piety had been an element of Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions before Cyrus, as had the motif of a god choosing his own people's conqueror. (Eva Miller, University of Oxford) | While the text is often admired by modern readers for its 'kindly' outlook, it should be noted that the themes of mercy and piety had been an element of Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions before Cyrus, as had the motif of a god choosing his own people's conqueror. (Eva Miller, University of Oxford) |
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| [[http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/articles/c/cyrus_cylinder_-_translation.aspx|Translation of the Cylinder at the British Museum website]] | [[http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=327188&partId=1|Translation of the Cylinder at the British Museum website]] |
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| //Lineart//: | //Lineart//: [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/dl/lineart/P386349_ld.jpg|Arfaee on CDLI]] |
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| //Edition(s)//: | //Edition(s)//: Rawlinson H C & Pinches T G 1884. Selection from the Miscellaneous Inscriptions of Assyria and Babylonia no. 35 (Cyrus cylinder). |
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| [[objects11to20 |[Back to objects 11 to 20]]] | [[objects11to20 |[Back to objects 11 to 20]]] |
