Gift-Bearer from Persepolis

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 31 August 2017

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Gift-Bearer from Persepolis — This limestone wall relief shows a man holding a gift for the king. The man wears the typical Persian garment. From Persepolis, the Palace Terrace of Darius I (521-486 BCE) or Xerxes I (485-465 BCE), modern-day Iran. (Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany)

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2017, August 31). Gift-Bearer from Persepolis. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7107/gift-bearer-from-persepolis/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Gift-Bearer from Persepolis." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified August 31, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7107/gift-bearer-from-persepolis/.

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