File:Campaniforma column base Apadana Louvre.jpg
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English: Bell-shaped column base, bearing a trilingual inscription (Old Persian, Elamite, Babylonian): “I, Darius, the Great King, King of kings.” The Old Persian versions adds: “son of Hytaspes” Limestone, ca. 510 BC. Found in the Tell of the Apadana in Susa.
Français : Base de colonne campaniforme. Calcaire, trouvé dans le tell de l'Apadana (salle d'audience du palais de Darius Ier), vers 510 av. J.-C. Porte une inscription trilingue (vieux-perse, élamite, babylonien) : « Moi, Darius, le Grand Roi, Roi des rois ». La version en vieux-perse ajoute « fils d'Hytaspes ». |
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| Current location |
Department of Oriental Antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 15 |
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| Accession number |
Sb 2715 |
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| Credit line | Excavated by Jacques de Morgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Jastrow (2005) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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