Egyptian representation of Darius the Great of Persia as a pharaoh. Wooden naos door: inlaid with polychrome glass (fragments of which survive - light-blue; dark-blue; red).
Beneath a winged sun-disc, Darius I (521-486 BC) is depicted as pharaoh, offering to the jackal-headed god Anubis. The goddess Isis stands behind, shown wearing cow-horns. The hieroglyphic labels identify the three figures, with Darius written out in phonetic hieroglyphs within the oval cartouche - a mofif traditionally reserved for Egyptian kings and Queens.
Courtesy & currently located at the British Museum, London. Photo taken by dynamosquito.
