شوش

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.

Antiquity

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  Goatfishes, cultual basin found in Susa

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  Destruction of Susa by Ashurbanipal, 647 BC

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  Shutruru Stele, found in the acropolis

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  Stele of Untash Napirisha, king of Anshan and Susa

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  Anthropoid sarcophagus

Darius' palace

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  Winged sphinx

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  Double bull capital

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  Bull capital

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  Bull-man protecting a palmtree

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  Lion on a decorative panel

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  Lancers, archers' frieze

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  Lancer, detail of the archers' frieze

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  Archer, detail of the archer's frieze

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  Decorative motives with flowers, griffins' frieze

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  Decorative motives with spirals

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  Column base bearing a trilingual inscription

Islamic art

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  Spheroconical container, use unknown

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  Jug, 8th–9th centuries

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  Pitcher, 8th–9th centuries

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  Vase with palmtrees, 8th–9th centuries

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

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  Cup with rose petals, 8th–9th centuries

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  Tripodic jug, 8th–9th centuries

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  Forks, 8th–9th centuries