Cyrus Cylinder

after 539 BC · Babylon

A clay cylinder written after the Persian king Cyrus entered Babylon in 539 BC, and found in Babylon itself in 1879.

Date

after 539 BC

Civilization

Babylon

Found at

Babylon

Where it is today

British Museum, London

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