File:Standard of Cyrus the Great (Blue).svg

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Reconstructed rendering of the Achaemenid "falcon standard."
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English: Reconstruction of the Achaemenid "falcon standard", based on the design of a tile of Egyptian blue frit found at Persepolis in 1948 (Īrān-Bāstān Museum, Tehran, no. 2436), with the addition of coloring.

The plaque shows Egyptian Horus, but in the Persian context was likely associated with the Avestan "glory-bringing bird", varəγna.

Literature: Sāmī, Persepolis, tr. R. Sharp, Shiraz, 1970, fig. facing p. 100; H. Luschey, "Ein königliches Emblem," AMI 5, 1972, pp. 257-60. A. Shapur Shahbazi, DERAFŠ, Encylopedia Iranica (1994).

  • The standard is described by Xenophon in Cyropaedia (Book VII, C.1) as: "...and the word went down the lines, "Eyes on the standard and steady marching!". The standard was a golden eagle, with outspread wings, borne aloft on a long spear-shaft, and to this day such is the standard of the Persian king." (however here he is describing Artaxerxes II's standard at Cunaxa).
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Source Own work, Based on a photograph hosted at iranica.com (it is our understanding that this photograph shows a reconstruction and not the actual artefact from Persepolis).
Author Sodacan
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    Red
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    Golden Falcon

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current16:39, 3 November 2023Thumbnail for version as of 16:39, 3 November 2023470 × 470 (87 KB)AR VLD (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 19:41, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
08:27, 3 November 2023Thumbnail for version as of 08:27, 3 November 2023500 × 500 (62 KB)Ashkan Maniee (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 18:10, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
19:41, 31 March 2023Thumbnail for version as of 19:41, 31 March 2023470 × 470 (87 KB)Numberblocksbandretrofan488 (talk | contribs)Much better.
18:10, 29 December 2022Thumbnail for version as of 18:10, 29 December 2022500 × 500 (62 KB)Frq ltc (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 15:35, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
02:09, 2 July 2022Thumbnail for version as of 02:09, 2 July 2022470 × 470 (87 KB)Thespoondragon (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 02:49, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
15:35, 26 March 2022Thumbnail for version as of 15:35, 26 March 2022500 × 500 (62 KB)Lhigudubi (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 21:52, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
02:49, 8 April 2013Thumbnail for version as of 02:49, 8 April 2013470 × 470 (87 KB)Sodacan (talk | contribs)colours adjustment
04:46, 11 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 04:46, 11 March 2012470 × 470 (87 KB)Fry1989 (talk | contribs)fix
22:47, 17 April 2011Thumbnail for version as of 22:47, 17 April 2011470 × 470 (87 KB)Sodacan (talk | contribs)reduced size (as much as I could)
22:06, 17 April 2011Thumbnail for version as of 22:06, 17 April 2011473 × 473 (259 KB)Fry1989 (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 04:53, 10 March 2011 too big
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