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Headless, 2.5-metre tall (8.2 feet) granite statue of Darius I (r. 522-486 BCE) originally made to be set up in Egypt and found in 1972 in Susa on the west side of the Gate of Darius. Darius the Great is dressed in the Persian robe but in an Egyptian posture. The statue has inscriptions in the three cuneiform languages of the empire (Old Persian, Elamite and Akkadian) and in hieroglyphics. One of the inscriptions on the dress says, “Here is the stone statue which Darius ordered to be made in Egypt so that he who sees it in the future will know that the Persian holds Egypt." (c. 522-486 BCE). National Museum of Iran, Tehran.
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