Relief-carved Fragment from Persepolis, 486-465 BCE, 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( x x cm) (irregular), Limestone, Persia (Iran), 5th century BCE, This rare stone fragment bearing the carved profile head of a 'foreign delegate' is from the north staircase of the great audience hall known as the Apadana at Persepolis; the magnificent ceremonial palace complex of the ancient Persian kings, Darius I (522-486 ) and Xerxes I (486-456 ). By the time of Xerxes I, the huge Persian empire included Lydia, Babylon, Syria, Palestine, Phoenicia, Egypt, parts of Central Asia

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