Two servants
Relief from Palace of Xerxes
Dolerite
486-465 BCE
Iran
CSMVS
Details
Culture/Civilisation
Achaemenid Empire, Ancient Iran
Theme
Later Civilisations of Land and Sea
Subtheme
Persia – Ancient Iran
Display Location
Coomaraswamy Hall
Findspot
Palace of Xerxes (?), Persepolis, Iran
Measurements
58.42 x 66.04 cm
Accession Number
F 4
Description
Two servants carry food (a covered tray and a lamb) for the king’s table. They have curled beards and hair and wear Persian knee-length tunics with long, flared sleeves. The relief probably comes from the western stairway of the palace of Xerxes I in Persepolis.
