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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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Reconstructed rendering of the Achaemenid "falcon standard."

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royal standard

of: Achaemenid Empire

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20 October 2009

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21:52, 9 March 2010Thumbnail for version as of 21:52, 9 March 2010500 × 500 (62 KB)Sodacan{{Information |Description={{en|1='''Standard of Cyrus the Great''', founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Called the: '''''Derafsh-e Shahbaz-e-Talayi''''' or the 'Golden Falcon'. *The standard is described by Xenophon in Cyropaedia (Book VII, C.1) as: ''"..
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