A New Inscription Of Darius From Hamadan

Author : British Museum Dept Of Eg Antiquities
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528063791
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (637 download)

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Download or read book The Sculptures and Inscription of Darius the Great on the Rock of Behistun in Persia written by British Museum Dept Of Eg Antiquities and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Sculptures and Inscription of Darius the Great on the Rock of Behistun in Persia: A New Collation of the Persian, Susian and Babylonian d104s, With English Translations, Etc Karmanshah on the east. In riding from Karmanshah to the village of Bisutun, this range lies at some distance to the left of the traveller; it rises abruptly from the plain, and its summit is broken into a series of peaks and ridges. Its sides are pre cipitous, and in many. Places afford suitable surfaces whereon sculptures and inscriptions might be cut, but it is not until we come to the end of the range that we find any reliefs or inscriptions. The reason for this is not far to seek. At the foot of the last peak, which rises to a height of over feet, bubble up a number of Springs into a pool of water clear as crystal, supplying the small stream which flows by the village and away into the plain (see Plate II). Here from time immemorial caravans have halted and watered their beasts, and every army which has marched from Persia into Northern Babylonia has drunk at these famous springs. Moreover, probably by reason of the springs, the Rock was regarded as a sacred place, even as Diodorus says.1 It is clear that the sacred character of the mountain, and the existence of springs at its foot, and its. Bold and prominent position on the great highway between Persia and Babylonia, induced Darius the Great to choose the precipitous face of the mountain as a suit able place whereon to carve sculptures and texts which Should commemorate his conquests for all generations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.