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"He looks at those effigies and utters blasphemes...". During the reign of Nabonidus (556-539 BCE), Babylon fell to the Persian king Cyrus the Great. Nabonidus' reign was a troubled one. His unpopularity led to this poem, ridiculing Nabonidus and praising Cyrus. From Babylon, Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Babylonian Period, circa 539 BCE. (The British Museum, London)
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