Bricks
![Panel of molded and glazed bricks forming the image of the head of an archer in profile. Part of his bow and arrow are also visible. The colors on these bricks are bluish-green, olive green and light brown.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/bricks-archer/@@images/6c63788a-11e6-4dbe-9d93-baa9dab99e5a.jpeg)
Bricks
- Description:
- Bricks with the head of an archer
- Medium:
- Molded and glazed siliceous material
- Location:
- Palace of Darius I, Susa, Iran
- Dimensions:
- H. 27 cm; W. 46.8 cm; D. 12 cm
- Date:
- Achaemenid Period (reign of Darius I, ca. 510 BCE)
- Inventory Number:
- Sb 21878
- Lender:
- Musée du Louvre, Paris, Département des Antiquités orientales
© RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY. Photo Christian Larrieu