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:

• Old British Museum version
• New British Museum version
• Livius version
• 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:

• For specifics about the cylinder and other websites focused on the Cylinder
• The Cyrus Cylinder in the British Museum with translation and info on Cyrus
• see the wiki entry
• The Cyrus cylinder by Muhammad A. Dandamayev
• New World Encyclopedia entry
• Not sure that this History of Iran site offers much different