Jar of Xerxes I

The jar contains the same short inscription in Old Persian, Egyptian, Babylonian, and Elamite: {{Quotation| 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 (Xšayāršā : XŠ : vazraka) "Xerxes : The Great King." The function of this jar is not well known. It may have contained some of the water from the Nile, received as a symbol of submission. The Jar is located in the British Museum. Its height is 28.8 centimetres, its diameter 12.8 centimetres at the rim. It was excavated by Charles Thomas Newton in 1857. File:Jar of Xerxes I 1862.jpg|The Jar of Xerxes I, at time of discovery. File:Jar of Xerxes I Egyptian inscription 1862.jpg|Hieroglyphic inscription on the jar: "The great king Xerxes". File:Jar of Xerxes I inscriptions 1862.jpg|Cuneiform inscriptions on the jar ("The great king Xerxes" in three languages, Old Persian first). Alabaster vase in the name of Xerxes I, British Museum.jpg|The jar in the British Museum (side) ==Similar jars==

A few similar alabaster jar exist, from the time of Darius I to Xerxes, and to some later Achaemenid rulers, especially Artaxerxes I. File:Jar with the name of Xerxes the Great MET hb14 2 8.jpg|The same jar in black and white photography. File:Egypte louvre 036 fragment.jpg|Fragment of a jar of Xerxes I. Louvre Museum File:Xerxes I Vase Year 2.jpg|Jar of Xerxes I, year 2. Louvre Museum File:Quadrilingual inscription of Artaxerxes on an Egyptian alabaster vase.jpg|Quadrilingual inscription of Artaxerxes I on an Egyptian alabaster vase. ==See also==