TWO PERSEPOLITAN CASTS. 753 



Tbe followiug is a translation of tlie inscription: 



A great god is Auramaztla, who created this earth, who created that heaven, who 

 created maulvind, who gave prosperity to mankind, who made me, Artaxerxes, king, 

 the sole king of multitudes, the sole ruler of multitudes. 



Thus speaks Artaxerxes, the great king, the king of kings, the king of countries, 

 the king of this earth. I am the son of King Artaxerxes, Artaxerxes (was) the son 

 of King Darius, Darius (was) the son of King Artaxerxes, Artaxerxes (was) the son 

 of King Xerxes, Xerxes (was) the son of King Darius, Darius was son of (one) named 

 Hystaspes, Hystaspes was son of (one) named Arshama, the Achwmenide. 



Thus speaks the King Artaxerxes: "This structure of stones I have built for 



myself." 



Thus speaks the King Artaxerxes: "May Auramazda and the god Mithra protect 



me, and this land, and what I have made." 



The other cast (PL 2) is no donbt a relief, "representing one of the 

 royal bodyguards, probably one of the 10,000 immortals described 

 by Herodotus, of whom 9,000 had at the end of their spears a silver 

 apple, 1,000 a golden apple. He wears long drapery, sandals, and an 

 upright quilted headdress; over his shoulders is slung a bow and 

 quiver, and in his hands he holds upright a spear which terminates in 

 a ball (probably the silver apple). This figure closely resembles the 

 figures in the frieze of enameled bricks found by Dieulafoy at Susa, 

 and now in the Louvre. It is from the stairway on the southeast side 

 of the Palace of Darius." Height, 8 feet 8 inches ; width, 2 feet 8 inches.* 



LIST OF CASTS MADE FROM MOLDS SECURED AT PERSEPOLIS. 



1. Throne relief, 25 feet 3 inches high, 9 feet 5 inches Avide. 



2. Stairway of Artaxerxes Ochus. Height, 7 feet 2 inches; length, 44 feet. 



3. Figures ascending staircase representing persons bringing offerings to the king. 



Height, 4 feet 7 inches; width, 4 feet lU inches. 



4. Frieze of figures and animals decorating the passage leading to stairway on the 



north side of the Hall of Xerxes. Height, 4 feet; length, 50 feet 1 inch. 



5. Part of frieze belonging to same series. Height, 4 feet; length, 8 feet 4 inches. 



6. Cyrus. Height, 9 feet 7 inches; width, 5 feet U inch. 



7. Immortal gnard. Height, 8 feet 8 inches; width, 2 feet 8 inches. 



8. King stabbing a monster. Height, 8 feet 4 inches ; width, 4 feet 7 iaiches. 



9. King stabbing a lion. Height, 8 feet 4 inches ; width, 4 feet 7 inches. 



10. Lion. Height, 1 foot 9 inches; width, 2 feet 3 inches. 



11. Inscription of Xerxes. Height, 5 feet; width, 2 feet. 



12. Base of a column. 



^Flandin et Coste, iii, pi. 1, 114, 115, general view; pi. 122 in general restoration. 

 Stolze, I, pi. 44. Catalogue of casts of sculpture from Persepolis and the neighbor- 

 hood, p. 10. 



H. Mis. 184, pt. 2 48 



