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Titre(s) : The Cyrus cylinder [Texte imprimé] : the King of Persia's proclamation from ancient Babylon / edited by Irving Finkel
Publication : London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013
Description matérielle : ix, 144 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-140) and index
Some historical artifacts are destined forever to alter how the ancient world is perceived.
The unearthing in today's Iraq (in 1879) of a clay cylinder-shaped decree from Cyrus
the Great, founder of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, stands in the same tradition
of game-changing discoveries from antiquity as Hammurabi's famous law code or the
intact tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun. For the Cyrus Cylinder contains in microcosm
the whole history of its period. Inscribed with an account of the conquest of Babylon
in 539 BCE by the Persian King, it records an event which launched one of the greatest
imperial adventures in history. It describes Cyrus' capture and deposition of Nabonidus,
last native Babylonian ruler (represented by the Cylinder text as an oppressor of
his own people) and proclaims the Persian as a liberator. His annexation of Babylon
was to become the platform upon which the Achaemenid military machine built its later
vast imperium. But the Cylinder is more than an ancient exercise in propaganda. It
has also been called the world's first declaration of human rights, setting out the
decree by which Cyrus freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon. This important volume
is the first to discuss the Cylinder and its remarkable history
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Finkel, Irving L. (1951-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Cyrus II (0590?-0530 av. J.-C. ; roi de Perse)
Cylindre de Cyrus
Antiquités -- Iran
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1780760639 (hbk.). - ISBN 9781780760636 (hbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43701088k
Notice n° :
FRBNF43701088
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