[16] The vase contains an inscription in Old Persian, Egyptian, Babylonian, and Elamite:[16][17][18]

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𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣
( Xšayāršā : XŠ : vazraka)
"Xerxes : The Great King."— Old Persian inscription on the Jar of Xerxes, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.[17]
Such jars, of Egyptian origin, were very precious to the Achaemenids, and may therefore have been offered by Xerxes to Carian rulers, and then kept as a precious object.[18] In particular, the precious jar may have been offered by Xerxes to the Carian dynast Artemisia I, who had acted with merit as his only female Admiral during the Second Persian invasion of Greece, and particularly at the Battle of Salamis.[19][17][16] The jar testifies to the close contacts between Carian rulers and the Achaemenid Empire.[16][17]

Dimensions and statues[edit]
Timeline and map of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, including the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Much of the information that has been gathered about the Mausoleum and its structure has come from the Roman polymath Pliny the Elder. [20] He wrote some basic facts about the architecture and some dimensions. 