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title: Column Capital, Persepolis
author: Mary Harrsch (Photographed at The Oriental Institute, Univ. of Chicago)
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/899/column-capital-persepolis/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Column Capital, Persepolis

_Authored by Mary Harrsch (Photographed at The Oriental Institute, Univ. of Chicago)_

## Image File

[![Column Capital, Persepolis](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/899.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/899.jpg)

## Image Caption

A [column](https://www.worldhistory.org/column/) capital in the form of a bull-man from the Tripylon, [Persepolis](https://www.worldhistory.org/persepolis/), [Achaemenid](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Achaemenid/) Period, Reign of [Xerxes](https://www.worldhistory.org/Xerxes_I/) 486-465 BCE. (The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Chicago), M. H. (. a. T. O. I. U. o. (2012, September 22). Column Capital, Persepolis. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/899/column-capital-persepolis/>
### Chicago
Chicago), Mary Harrsch (Photographed at The Oriental Institute, Univ. of. "Column Capital, Persepolis." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 22, 2012. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/899/column-capital-persepolis/>.
### MLA
Chicago), Mary Harrsch (Photographed at The Oriental Institute, Univ. of. "Column Capital, Persepolis." *World History Encyclopedia*, 22 Sep 2012, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/899/column-capital-persepolis/>.

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