User:Xashaiar/The four winged guardian figure

The Four-Winged Guardian Figure is the phantom of Cyrus the Great at Pasargadae. In its original form it consisted of four such figures of which one has survived. On top of this monument once inscribed in three languages, Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian the simple sentence I am Cyrus the king an Achamenian.

There is a remarkable contrast between the simple sentence I am Cyrus the king an Achamenian and the complex crown worn by the king: intended to signify imperial majesty and point to divine concept shared by Achamenian kings.