File:Clevelandart 1943.279.jpg
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Summary
Fragment of a Wall Decoration from the Palace of Xerxes: "Guardsman" in Procession
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| Title |
Fragment of a Wall Decoration from the Palace of Xerxes: "Guardsman" in Procession |
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| Description |
In 486 bc, Xerxes succeeded Darius I as king of Persia. His empire, then the world’s largest and most powerful, encompassed an area from Libya to western India and from Ethiopia to Afghanistan. This relief fragment of one of his guards probably comes from the west stairway of his enormous palace at Persepolis. As chronicled by Herodotus, the Greeks defeated Xerxes in a clash of conflicting political systems: democracy and monarchy. |
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| Date | -486 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Gray limestone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 53 x 43.6 cm (20 7/8 x 17 3/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art |
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| Accession number |
1943.279 |
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| Place of creation | Achaemenid, Iran, Persepolis, 5th Century BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.279 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 18:03, 21 January 2019 | | 2,631 × 3,400 (6.87 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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