Susa

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For other uses, see Susa (disambiguation).


Deutsch: Susa, auch Schuschan genannt, ist eine antike persische Stadt. Sie lag im heutigen Südwesten des Iran nahe der irakischen Grenze.
English: Susa (or Shushan) was an ancient city of the Elamite, Persian, and Parthian empires. King Darius I of Persia built a palace there.
Français : Suse, également appelée Shushan, est une ancienne cité de la civilisation élamite, située dans le Sud de l'actuel Iran.
Polski: Suza to miasto w starożytnej Mezopotamii.


See also categories: Achaemenids, Cyrus the Great, and Persepolis

[edit] Antiquity

Goatfishes, cultual basin found in Susa

Destruction of Susa by Ashurbanipal, 647 BC

Shutruru Stele, found in the acropolis

Stele of Untash Napirisha, king of Anshan and Susa

Anthropoid sarcophagus

[edit] Darius' palace

Winged sphinx

Double bull capital

Bull capital

Bull-man protecting a palmtree

Lion on a decorative panel

Lancers, archers' frieze

Lancer, detail of the archers' frieze

Archer, detail of the archer's frieze

Decorative motives with flowers, griffins' frieze

Decorative motives with spirals

Column base bearing a trilingual inscription

[edit] Islamic art

Spheroconical container, use unknown

Jug, 8th–9th centuries

Pitcher, 8th–9th centuries

Vase with palmtrees, 8th–9th centuries

Lid inscripted with magical formula, 8th–9th centuries

Cup with rose petals, 8th–9th centuries

Tripodic jug, 8th–9th centuries

Forks, 8th–9th centuries
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