Review the notes on Cyrus the Great. You might also wish to check the study questions before reading the Cyrus Cylinder.
You have a number of choices for translations of the cylinder. Please indicate which one you use in your paragraph assignment.
- British Museum information
- Photograph of the cylinder (but no translation)
- Bible-history.com (Rogers 1912 translation)
- Another version of the Rogers translation (See also here.)
- Shortened Pritchard version (with background information)
Some suggested websites with further information about the Cyrus Cylinder
- Cyrus cylinder at the Met
- see the Wikipedia entry
- New World Encyclopedia entry
- The History of Iran site offers a much different version.