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Cyrus cylinder

ancient cylinder covered with Akkadian cuneiform script
Place archaeological_artefact Q405008

Facts

17 properties

Identity

Instance of
archaeological artefact, archaeological find, inscription[6][7]
Inception
539[14]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[5]
Location
British Museum[12]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
London[4]
More facts +12
Author
Cyrus the Great[2]
Language of work or name
Akkadian[13]
Publication date
530 BC[16]
Collection
British Museum[10]
Copyright status
public domain, public domain[19]
Culture
Achaemenid Empire[17]
Discoverer or inventor
Hormuzd Rassam[3]
Inventory number
90920[11]
Location of discovery
Babylon[9]
Made from material
clay[8]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Human rights[18]
Time of discovery or invention
March 1, 1879[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Cyrus cylinder ar اسطوانة كورش ar أسطوانة قورش cs Kýrův edikt cs Kýrův válec da Kyros-cylinderen de Kyros-Zylinder de Kyroszylinder es cilindro de Ciro fa منشور کورش fa منشور کوروش fa استوانهٔ ی کورش fa استوانهٔ کورش fa استوانه کوروش fa استوانه‌ی کوروش fa کتیبه کوروش fa منشور آزادی کوروش fa منشور حقوق بشر کورش fa منشور حقوق بشر کوروش fa منشور حقوق بشر کوروش بزرگ
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Cyrus Cylinder.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
02110575n
CDLI ID
P386349
Freebase ID
/m/080nkr
Lex ID
Kyroscylinderen
World History Encyclopedia ID
article/166/the-cyrus-cylinder/

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Copyright status 2
public domain, public domain
Instance of 2
archaeological artefact, inscription
Author 1
Cyrus the Great
Collection 1
British Museum
Country 1
United Kingdom
Culture 1
Achaemenid Empire
Discoverer or inventor 1
Hormuzd Rassam
Language of work or name 1
Akkadian
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
London
Location 1
British Museum
Location of discovery 1
Babylon
Made from material 1
clay
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Human rights
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Summary

Cyrus cylinder is an archaeological artefact[1].

Related Entities

British Museum Cyrus the Great London public domain United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . britishmuseum.org. britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · C960657 · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → —
    Publication date → -0530-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Discoverer or inventor → Hormuzd Rassam
    Inception → +0539-00-00T00:00:00Z
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