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Cyrus & the return from exile

Babylon · Mesopotamia539 BCEContext: King James Version

Ancient Near Eastern cuneiform tablet case from The Met; contextual artwork, not the Cyrus Cylinder

Cuneiform artifact · The Met (contextual image)

The Cyrus Cylinder records the Persian conquest of Babylon and a policy of restoring cults and returning displaced peoples. It does not specifically name the Judeans.

Source citation: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1880-0617-1941