Relief from Persepolis showing a guard
- Title:
- Relief from Persepolis showing a guard
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
6th-5th c. BCE
2009 (image)
- Site:
- Persepolis, Iran (original)
- Location:
- Warehouse
Persepolis, Iran (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0363
- Accession Number:
- one of seven Persepolis reliefs in the Sage Collection, nos. 31-37 (but not no. 34)
363 - File Name:
- CCC_0363.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 58 (H) x 42 (W) cm (complete slab)
- Culture:
- Persian
- Style/Period:
- Achaemenid
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
limestone sculpture in relief (original) - Subject:
- Persepolis (Iran)
Military history, Ancient - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 33 (maximum) x 31.5 (minimum) x 44.5 x 3.5 (centimeters, height x height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a large portion of a cast of a relief of the upper half of a bearded guard climbing a staircase from the Apadana at Persepolis housed in the British Museum. The original was roughly cut from a wall in a rectangle. The figure, facing the viewer's left, is depicted in Persian dress, with a high, squared, pleated headdress and long-sleeved garment. He has large, almond-shaped eyes, a small, hooked nose, and hair and beard that are depicted in rows of tight, globular curls. The guard holds a spear upright with both hands. Both a bow and quiver are slung over his left shoulder. This cast has been filled in around the edges to create a rectangle. This cast is preserved in two pieces. This record belongs with ID no. 513, which is a section from the upper part of this slab containing a band of rosettes at an oblique angle.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. 118845 or 1818,0509.4 - Bibliography:
- Richard D Barnett, "Persepolis," Iraq 19 (London: British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1957), 62 no. 19, pl. XX.4
John Curtis and Nigel Tallis, eds., Forgotten Empire: The world of Ancient Persia (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005), 71 no. 28 - Related Work:
- ID nos. 513 and 363 belong together.
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
London, British Museum (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.