Cyrus cylinder

ancient cylinder covered with Akkadian cuneiform script
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Cyrus cylinder

Summary

Cyrus cylinder is an archaeological artefact[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of archaeological_artefact entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (772 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cyrus cylinder authored Cyrus the Great[3].
  • Cyrus cylinder is credited with the discovery of Hormuzd Rassam[4].
  • Cyrus cylinder is located in London[5].
  • Cyrus cylinder is in the country of United Kingdom[6].
  • Cyrus cylinder's image is recorded as Cyrus Cylinder.jpg[7].
  • Cyrus cylinder's instance of is recorded as archaeological artefact[8].
  • Cyrus cylinder's instance of is recorded as archaeological find[9].
  • Cyrus cylinder's instance of is recorded as inscription[10].
  • Cyrus cylinder's made from material is recorded as clay[11].
  • Cyrus cylinder's location of discovery is recorded as Babylon[12].
  • Cyrus cylinder's collection is recorded as British Museum[13].
  • Cyrus cylinder's inventory number is recorded as 90920[14].
  • Cyrus cylinder's location is recorded as British Museum[15].
  • Cyrus cylinder's Commons category is recorded as Cyrus cylinder[16].
  • Cyrus cylinder's language of work or name is recorded as Akkadian[17].
  • +0539-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cyrus cylinder[18].
  • Cyrus cylinder's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1879-03-01T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Cyrus cylinder's publication date is recorded as -0530-00-00T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Cyrus cylinder's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/080nkr[21].
  • Cyrus cylinder's CDLI ID is recorded as P386349[22].
  • Cyrus cylinder's BabelNet ID is recorded as 02110575n[23].
  • Cyrus cylinder's culture is recorded as Achaemenid Empire[24].
  • Cyrus cylinder's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[25].
  • Cyrus cylinder's copyright status is recorded as public domain[26].
  • Cyrus cylinder's copyright status is recorded as public domain[27].

Body

Geography

Cyrus cylinder is in the country of United Kingdom[6]. It is located in London[5].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological artefact[8], archaeological find[9], and inscription[10].

History and Context

+0539-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cyrus cylinder[18].

Why It Matters

Cyrus cylinder ranks in the top 1% of archaeological_artefact entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (772 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . britishmuseum.org. britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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