Head of a Persian guard
Object type: Sculpture
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Achaemenid
Period: Achaemenid
Date: ca. 486–465 BCE
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: 21 1/4 × 24 7/16 × 4 3/4 in. (54 × 62 × 12 cm)
Classification: Stone-Sculpture
Geography:      Iran  Persepolis
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1955
Accession year: 1955
Tags: Heads|Men