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Ornamental Peg With Trilingual Text
UnknownAchaemenid Period, reign of Darius I, 522-486 BC
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Chicago, United States
This blue peg came from the Southeast Palace during the Achaemenid period in Iran. The peg has an inscription of Darius I (522-486 BC), the founder of Persepolis: "Knobbed peg of precious stone (or lapis lazuli) made in the house of Darius the King." The peg uses cuneiform to write this inscription in 3 languages: Old Persian (an Indo-European language), Akkadian (a Semitic language), and Elamite (a linguistic isolate, indigenous to western Iran).
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Details
- Title: Ornamental Peg With Trilingual Text
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: Achaemenid Period, reign of Darius I, 522-486 BC
- Physical Location: Chicago, IL
- Location Created: Southeast Palace, Persepolis, Iran
- Physical Dimensions: H: 7.9 x Diam: 12.4 cm (A); H: 10.4 x Diam: 10.8 cm (B)
- Provenance: Acquired from the ISAC Iranian Expedition in 1936
- Type: Peg, Decorative
- Rights: © ISAC Museum
- External Link: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, ISACM A29808A, ISACM A29808B, Exhibit Catalog: Visible Language (Cat. No. 61), D. 9198
- Medium: Egyptian Blue
- Photographer: Austin M. Kramer
- Photograph Registration Number: D. 15965
- Object Registration Number: ISACM A29808A, ISACM A29808B
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