Jar of Xerxes I
Quadrilingual alabastron of Xerxes I from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
The Jar of Xerxes I is an alabastron of calcite or alabaster bearing the quadrilingual signature of the Achaemenid ruler Xerxes I. It was discovered in the ruins of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, at the foot of the western staircase, and is now in the British Museum, though not currently on display.
Quick Facts
- Material
- calcite or alabaster
- Height
- 28.8 cm / 11.3 in
- Diameter at rim
- 12.8 cm / 5.04 in
- Excavator
- Charles Thomas Newton
- Excavation year
- 1857
- Current location
- British Museum
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