Pilgrim flask ca. 4th-3rd century B.C. Seleucid This lentoid (i.e., lens-shaped) ceramic vessel is made of yellowish buff clay. It has a narrow mouth, and small loop handles at the shoulder. It was excavated on the Tall-i Takht at Pasargadae in what is today southwestern Iran. Pasargadae was the first capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, founded by King Cyrus ca. 550 B.C. After his death ca. 530 B.C. further work at the site was carried out by his successors Cambyses and Darius, but in the 510s Darius shifted his focus to the new capital Persepolis. The Tall-i Takht, a massive platform, was probably intended to be the site of a royal palace which was never completed. Instead a large mudbrick structure was built there, possibly a royal storehouse, which stood until ca. 280 B.C. when the Tall-i Takht was burned, possibly during a revolt against the Seleucids.Vessels of this shape are often called pilgrim flasks’ because of their resemblance to the souvenir vessels sold at Christian

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Pilgrim flask ca. 4th-3rd century B.C. Seleucid This lentoid (i.e., lens-shaped) ceramic vessel is made of yellowish buff clay. It has a narrow mouth, and small loop handles at the shoulder. It was excavated on the Tall-i Takht at Pasargadae in what is today southwestern Iran. Pasargadae was the first capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, founded by King Cyrus ca. 550 B.C. After his death ca. 530 B.C. further work at the site was carried out by his successors Cambyses and Darius, but in the 510s Darius shifted his focus to the new capital Persepolis. The Tall-i Takht, a massive platform, was probably intended to be the site of a royal palace which was never completed. Instead a large mudbrick structure was built there, possibly a royal storehouse, which stood until ca. 280 B.C. when the Tall-i Takht was burned, possibly during a revolt against the Seleucids.Vessels of this shape are often called pilgrim flasks’ because of their resemblance to the souvenir vessels sold at Christian

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