File:Campaniforma column base Apadana Louvre.jpg

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English: Bell-shaped column base, bearing a trilingual inscription (Old Persian, Elamite, Babylonian): “I, Darius, the Great King, King of kings.” The Old Persian versions adds: “son of Hytaspes” Limestone, ca. 510 BC. Found in the Tell of the Apadana in Susa.
Français : Base de colonne campaniforme. Calcaire, trouvé dans le tell de l'Apadana (salle d'audience du palais de Darius Ier), vers 510 av. J.-C. Porte une inscription trilingue (vieux-perse, élamite, babylonien) : « Moi, Darius, le Grand Roi, Roi des rois ». La version en vieux-perse ajoute « fils d'Hytaspes ».
institution QS:P195,Q19675
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Department of Oriental Antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 15
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Sb 2715
Credit line Excavated by Jacques de Morgan
Source/Photographer Jastrow (2005)

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13:40, 20 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 13:40, 20 August 20051,058 × 984 (774 KB)Jastrow (talk | contribs)'''Description:''' Campaniforma column base. Limestone, found in the Apadana (audience chamber of Darius' palace) tell, c. 510 BC. Bears a trilingual inscription (Old Persian, Elamite, Babylonian): “I, Darius, the Great King, King ok kings.” The Old P

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