Vase
Alabastron
B10
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Babylon
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B10 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Persian | Elamite | Babylonian | Egyptian |
| Provenience | Iraq | Babylon |
| Period | Achaemenid Period |
| Date Made | 547-331 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Alabaster |
| Iconography | Xerxes |
| Inscription Language | Akkadian Language | Persian Language | Elamite Language | Egyptian Language | Babylonian Language | Hieroglyphic |
| Description | Large vase, alabaster, Royal inscription; LB, historical CBS Register: Large alabaster vase, with quadrilingual inscription. Xerxes. Large alabaster vase with quadrilingual inscription in Persian, Elamite, Babylonian and Egyptian hieroglyphs. The incription reads "Xerxes, The Great King" |
| Height | 24.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 13.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Joseph Shemtob, London; subscription of E. W. Clark, et. al., 1888 |
| Other Number | JS 2 - Dealer's Number | P257575 - CDLI Number |
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