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Fragment of a Wall Decoration from the Palace of Xerxes: "Guardsman" in Procession
486–465 BCE
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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- Title: Fragment of a Wall Decoration from the Palace of Xerxes: "Guardsman" in Procession
- Date Created: 486–465 BCE
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 53 x 43.6 cm (20 7/8 x 17 3/16 in.)
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.279
- Medium: gray limestone
- Fun Fact: This relief was probably once brightly painted.
- Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Culture: Iran, Achaemenid (550–330 BCE), Persepolis
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number: 1943.279
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