The Cyrus Cylinderline 20Babylon, after 539 BC

منم کوروش، شاه جهان، شاه بزرگ، شاه نیرومند، شاه بابل، شاه سرزمین سومر و اکد، شاه چهار گوشهٔ جهان.

a-na-kuanākuIمنمmku-ra-aš₂KurašCyrus II, king of PersiaکوروشLUGALšarkingشاهkiš-šatkiššattotality; here: worldجهانLUGALšarrukingشاهGALrabûgreatبزرگLUGALšarrukingشاهdan-nudannustrongنیرومندLUGALšarkingشاهTIN.TIRkiBabiliBabylonبابلLUGALšarkingشاهKUR-šu-me-riMat-ŠumeriSumerسرزمین سومرu₃uandوak-ka-di-iAkkadiAkkadاکدLUGALšarkingشاهkib-ra-a-tikibrātibank; here: quarterگوشهer-be₂-et-timerbettimfourچهار

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I am Cyrus, king of the world, great king, strong king, king of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters of the world.

Persia پارس

Two ways into the world of the first Persian kings: the clay cylinder of Cyrus, and the nail script of Darius.

  • Babylonafter 539 BC

    The Cyrus Cylinder

    Turn the clay barrel in 3D, and read its 45 lines word by word, with the gaps that time made.

  • Old Persian550 to 330 BC

    Khat-e Mikhiخط میخی

    The nail script of the Persian kings. Read the story of the empire, then learn the 36 signs and write your name.

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