Art in the Achaemenid Empire
Ancient Elam
Tombs of Artaxerxes I and Darius II the Great,
(with Sassanid reliefs below)
Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran.
Hall of 100 Columns (Throne Room) Apadana (Audience Hall)
Gate of All Nations
Entrance to the Apadana
Imperial ideology
Head of a Persian guard
Date: ca. 486–465 B.C.
From: Persepolis
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: 54 x 62 cm
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Plaque with horned lion-griffins
Date: ca. 6th–4th century B.C.
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: H. 13.6 cm, W. 9.8 cm
Appliqué in the shape of a lion's head
Date: ca. 6th–4th century B.C.
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: 4.8 x 5.7 cm
Vessel in the form of a horse’s head
Date: ca. 5th century B.C.
Medium: Silver, gilding
Dimensions: 20.4 cm
Necklace with the head of the
Egyptian god Bes
Date: ca. 6th–4th century B.C.
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: 85.9 cm
Vessel terminating in the forepart
of a fantastic leonine creature
Date: ca. 5th century B.C.
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: H. 17 cm
Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a ram
Date: ca. 5th century B.C.
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 19.99 x 11.99 x 12.29 cm
The Oxus Treasure
Lost
wax
technique
Glass
Seals
Funerary representations in the Empire