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Jar with the name of Xerxes the Great in four languages

Late Period
486–466 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 127
The inscription reads "Xerxes, the Great King" in four languages--Egyptian, Old Persian, Elamite, and Neo-Babylonian--using two different scripts, hieroglyphs and cuneiform.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Jar with the name of Xerxes the Great in four languages
  • Period: Late Period
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 27
  • Reign: reign of Xerxes I
  • Date: 486–466 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt
  • Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
  • Dimensions: H. 25.3 × Diam. 22.4 cm, 6.3 kg (9 15/16 × 8 13/16 in., 13.8 lb.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
  • Object Number: 14.2.8
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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