Press TV - Tehran will cease cooperation with the British Museum in London
until it loans the Cyrus the Great Cylinder to the National Museum of Iran.
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The Cyrus Cylinder is a document issued by the Persian ruler
Cyrus the Great in the form of a clay cylinder inscribed in
Babylonian cuneiform. |
The clay cylinder is inscribed in Babylonian
cuneiform with an account by Cyrus II, king of Persia (559-530 BC). The Cyrus
Cylinder is described as the world's first charter of human rights.
Iranian officials called on the British Museum to loan the country's ancient
cylinder, which was unearthed in 1879, in Esagila (the Murdak temple of
Babylon).
"The British Museum implies the post-election political situation in Iran as its
main excuse not to loan the cylinder to Iran's National Museum," said Hamid
Baqaei, vice president in charge of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and
Tourism Organization (ICHTO).
"If the British Museum continues to make excuses for not loaning the artifact to
the National Museum, we will, unfortunately, cease any cooperation with them,
including archaeological expeditions and research," he added.
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