Phiale with inscription
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Object Details
- Description
- Silver phiale, hammered, chased and engraved, with repousse decoration, inscribed for Artaxerxes I (465 - 425 B.C.).
- Inscriptions
- 1. (Ann Gunter, 1992) An inscription in Old Persian cuneiform along the rim reads, "Artaxerxes the Great King, King of Kings, King of Countries, son of Xerxes the King, of Xerxes [who was] son of Darius the King; in whose royal house this silver saucer was made."
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran (February 4, 2012 - ongoing)
- Ancient Art of the Near East (November 21, 2009 to December 1, 2011)
- Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999)
- Ancient Near Eastern Metalware (December 18, 1984 to February 24, 1986)
- Pre-Islamic Metalwork from the Near East (April 15, 1983 to April 4, 1984)
- A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980 (November 9, 1979 to May 22, 1980)
- Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- 499-400 BCE
- Period
- Achaemenid period, Reign of Artaxerxes I
- Accession Number
- F1974.30
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- H x Diam (overall): 4.8 x 29.5 cm (1 7/8 x 11 5/8 in)
- Origin
- Iran
- On View
- Sackler Gallery 21: Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- chasing
- repoussé
- hammering
- engraving (printing process)
- engraving (incising)
- metal
- silver
- Achaemenid period (ca. 550 - 331 BCE)
- Iran
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1974.30
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye30a597665-daef-4cbc-81f1-c79ef2f5d4ec
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