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Author:

Curtis, John, 1946-

Title:

The Cyrus cylinder and ancient Persia : a new beginning for the Middle East / John Curtis ; with an introductory essay by Neil MacGregor and a translation of the Cyrus Cylinder by Irving Finkel.

Publisher:

British Museum,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

144 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Cyrus,--King of Persia,---529 B.C.--Manuscripts--Exhibitions.
Art, Achaemenid--Exhibitions.
Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian--Exhibitions.
Iran--Antiquities--Exhibitions.
Iran--History--To 640--Exhibitions.
Iran--Civilization--To 640--Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Cyrus--King of Persia,---529 B.C.
Cyrus.
Art, Achaemenid.
Iran--Antiquities.
Iran--Civilization--To 640.
Iran--History--To 640.
Royaume achéménide.

Other Authors:

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Getty Villa (Malibu, Calif.)

Notes:

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 (p. 142-144).

ISBN:

0714111872
9780714111872

OCLC:

(OCoLC)832726339

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)