| Description |
144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm. |
| Note |
English translation of the Cyrus Cylinder text: pages 42-43. |
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"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."--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-144). |
| Contents |
The origins of the Persians -- History of the Persian Empire -- Catalogue: a new code of ethical behaviour -- The main cities of the Persian Empire -- Catalogue: new forms of writing -- Catalogue: a new religion -- Catalogue: a new form of currency -- The art and architecture of the Persian Empire -- Catalogue: new types of seal -- The Oxus treasure -- Catalogue: new luxury tableware -- Catalogue: new luxury jewellery. |
| Subject |
Cyrus, the Great, King of Persia, -530 B.C. or 529 B.C. -- Manuscripts -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Achaemenid -- Exhibitions.
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Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian -- Exhibitions.
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Iran -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions.
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Iran -- History -- To 640 -- Exhibitions.
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Iran -- Civilization -- To 640 -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
MacGregor, Neil, 1946- author of introduction.
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Finkel, Irving L., translator.
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| Added Title |
New beginning for the Middle East |
| ISBN |
9780714111872 |
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0714111872 |
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