a-na-ku mKu-ra-â: I am Kuru LUGAL ki-at: King of the world LUGAL GAL: Great King LUGAL dan-nu: Mighty king LUGAL TIN.TIRki: King of Babylon LUGAL KURu-me-ri û ak-ka-di-i: King of Sumer and Akkad LUGAL kib-ra-a-ti er-bê-et-ti: King of the four corners of the world
Cyrus Cylinder, British Museum, London
When a world ends, words remain...
But can we read them? Who wrote them? Why? What do they mean?
