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The Cyrus Cylinder and ancient Persia : a new beginning for the Middle East
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- Creator
- John Curtis ; with an introductory essay by Neil MacGregor and a translation of the Cyrus Cylinder by Irving Finkel
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- English
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- London : British Museum, 2013
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- 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, plans ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780714111872, 0714111872
- OCLC
- ocn832726339
- English translation of the Cyrus Cylinder text: p. 42-43.
- "This book is published to accompany the touring exhibition, "The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia" at Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 9 March-28 April 2013; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 3 May-14 June 2013; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 20 June-4 August 2013; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 9 August-22 September 2013; and J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Los Angeles, 2 October-2 December 2013."--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-144).