Category:Statue of Darius I

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Statue of Darius I

Title

English: Statue of Darius I

Français : Statue de Darius I

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Object type

Description

English: The information panel in the museum says :

"The head and the upper body are now missing. This magnificent piece is the finest statue in the round to have survived from the Acheamenid period. The king wears a Persian dress with a dagger holstered in his belt. The pleats of the robe are inscribed on the right in cuneiform in the three official languages of the empire – Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian – and on the left in Egyptian hierogliphs. These inscriptions give the titles of the king and record that the statue was made in Egypt on the orders of Darius, probably to be set up in a temple in Heliopolis, although the king wears Persian attire, the pillar at the back and the decoration on the base are Egyptian in style. On the front and back of the basis a representation of Hapi, the Egyptian god of the Nile, and on the two long sides the peoples of the empire are are represented by twenty-four cartouch fortresses, each with the name in hierogliphs and a representation of them above.

The statue is of grey granite that chemical analysis has indicated comes from the Wadi Hammamat in eastern Egypt. It was made in Egypt and later brought to Susa possibly in the reign of Xerxes. There are traces of brownwish reddish paint on the folds of the dress. (H : 2.46 m ; base : 105 x 64 cm, h : 51 cm)."

Full details on Livius.org "Susa, Statue of Darius"

Depicted people

Darius I of Persia

Date

5^th century BC

Medium

Dimensions

3 m high

Collection

National Museum of Iran

	Native name	فارسی: موزهٔ ملی ایران
	Location	Tehran, Iran
	Coordinates	35° 41′ 13″ N, 51° 24′ 53″ E
	Established	1937
	Website	www.nationalmuseumofiran.ir
	Authority file	: Q1631008 VIAF: 132624459 ISNI: 0000000115122615 LCCN: n80079511 GND: 1246968-3 SUDOC: 111968399 WorldCat

Place of creation

Egypt

Place of discovery

Apadana of the Palace of Darius in Susa

Object history

discovered (Apadana of the Palace of Darius in Susa)

Inscriptions

inscription in Old Persian, Elamite, Akkadian, and Egyptian hieroglyph

References

https://books.google.com/books?id=g7N74BFaC90C&lpg=PA370

https://archive.org/details/arsorient323320022003univ/page/n95

Statue of Darius I

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Instance of

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Main subject

Darius I of Persia

Depicts

Darius I of Persia

Made from material

greywacke

Location

National Museum of Iran, Tehran, Central District, Tehran County, Tehran Province, Iran

Location of discovery

Apadana of the Palace of Darius in Susa

Collection

Museum of Ancient Iran

Inception

490s BC (after 495 BC, before 486 BC)

Height

246 cm

Authority file
Q15830712
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Media in category "Statue of Darius I"

The following 46 files are in this category, out of 46 total.

31739-Tehran (8012461439).jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 432 KB
Caption of Darius I statue.jpg 4,272 × 2,848; 3.38 MB
Darius I statue Bactria.jpg 450 × 1,242; 494 KB
Darius I statue Drangiana.jpg 450 × 1,353; 509 KB
Darius I statue Gandhara.jpg 300 × 1,007; 279 KB
Darius I statue group of subject countries.jpg 1,459 × 1,128; 1.55 MB
Darius I statue India.jpg 300 × 785; 201 KB
Darius I statue list of subject countries.jpg 1,459 × 2,300; 2.28 MB
Darius I statue Maka.jpg 450 × 1,272; 323 KB
Darius I statue Name of Darius drjwS.jpg 390 × 710; 233 KB
Darius I statue Parthia.jpg 300 × 946; 166 KB
Darius I Statue Sakas.jpg 300 × 867; 277 KB
Darius I statue Sattagydia.jpg 300 × 1,029; 298 KB
Darius I statue subject countries.jpg 3,167 × 1,800; 1.71 MB
Dariush I statue in National Museum of Iran.jpg 854 × 1,282; 348 KB
Dariush in National Museum of Iran.jpg 3,016 × 4,320; 1.68 MB
Detail of Darius I statue.jpg 4,272 × 2,848; 3.76 MB
Fragmentary Statue (4736306696).jpg 1,945 × 4,112; 1.86 MB
India Sattagydia Gandhara on the Statue of Darius I.jpg 780 × 785; 635 KB
Iran national museum 203.jpg 4,160 × 3,120; 3.76 MB
Museum of Ancient Iran 2020-03-31 16.jpg 733 × 1,100; 324 KB
National Meusem Darafsh 17.JPG 2,448 × 3,264; 3.01 MB
National Meusem Darafsh 18.JPG 2,448 × 3,264; 3.23 MB
National Meusem Darafsh 19.JPG 2,448 × 3,264; 2.92 MB
National Meusem Darafsh 39.JPG 1,944 × 2,592; 2.1 MB
National Meusem Darafsh 6 (42).JPG 3,264 × 4,928; 8.02 MB
National Meusem Darafsh 6 (45).JPG 3,264 × 4,928; 7.82 MB
National Meusem Darafsh 6 (46).JPG 3,264 × 4,928; 8.74 MB
National Museum of Iran (6223558075).jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 4.84 MB
National Museum of Iran (6224079570).jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 6.09 MB
Statue darius.jpg 465 × 1,352; 380 KB
Statue of Darius I in Tehran.jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 7.83 MB
Statue of Darius the Great, subject L02, 3lm'yn3 (OP. Armina = Armenia).jpg 300 × 924; 173 KB
Statue of Darius the Great, subject L03, spltj3 (OP. Sparda = Lydia).jpg 300 × 860; 160 KB
Statue of Darius the Great, subject L04, gdpdk3y (OP. Katpatuka = Cappadocia).jpg 300 × 885; 169 KB
Statue of Darius the Great, subject L05, sk3tl3 (OP. Skudra = Thrace).jpg 300 × 883; 166 KB
Statue of Darius the Great, subject L07, hgr (Arabia).jpg 300 × 906; 158 KB
Statue of Darius the Great, subject L08, kmt (OE. Kemet = Egypt).jpg 300 × 881; 155 KB
Statue of Darius the Great, subject L09, t3 tjmhw (OE. Tjemehu = Cyrenaica).jpg 300 × 905; 155 KB
Statue of Darius the Great, subject L10, t3 nhsy (Kush).jpg 300 × 839; 144 KB
Statue of Darius the Great, subject R01, pls (OP. Parsa = Persis).jpg 300 × 978; 170 KB
Statue of Darius the Great, subject R02, m'dy (OP. Mâda = Media).jpg 300 × 951; 170 KB
Statue of Darius the Great, subject R11, ch3rs3m' (OP. Uvârazmîy = Chorasmia).jpg 300 × 848; 140 KB
Subject Nations on the right-hand side of the base of the Statue of Darius, National Museum of Iran, Tehran, Iran.jpg 4,802 × 3,071; 13.85 MB
The National Museum of Iran (4368622537).jpg 663 × 1,000; 780 KB
Vassal countries, Statue of Darius I.jpg 2,734 × 1,093; 2.94 MB

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