Iran Persepolis museum, Queen Quarters, Marv-Dasht county موزه تخت جمشيد كاخ ملكه مرودشت ايران

March 30, 2018 (Persian calendar 1397/1/10)

Fars province (استان فارس)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fars_Province

Marv-Dasht county (شهرستان مرودشت)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvdasht_County

Persepolis (Parseh پارسه) Geo coordinate

29°56′04″N, 52°53′29″E

Persepolis (Old Persian Pârsa پارسه, modern Takht-e Jamshid تخت جمشيد): Greek name of one of the capitals of the ancient Achaemenid Empire شاهنشاهي هخامنشيان, founded by king Darius the Great داريوش بزرگ (r.522-486 BCE).

There were several satellite sites, Naqš-e Rustam نقش رستم and Takht-e Rustam تخت جمشيد.

Queen's Quarters:

Queen's Quarters, northern façade

The "Queen's Quarters" is the name of several buildings in the southeastern part of the terrace of Persepolis. One of these buildings has been more or less reconstructed and is now in use as a museum, and as the office of the Persepolis archaeological complex.

The Queen's Quarters, now a museum

The decoration of the Queen's Quarters is not very different from the rooms of the king - reliefs of royal warriors fighting against lions and so on.

A famous inscription (known as the "haram inscription" or XPf) was found in the Queen's Quarters. It deals with Xerxes' accession to his father's throne and mentions that there were rival candidates:

My father Darius had other sons, but - thus was Ahuramazda's desire - my father Darius made me the largest [mathišta] after himself. When my father Darius went away from the throne, by the grace of Ahuramazda I became king on my father's throne.

One copy is in the Archaeological Museum of Tehran. Another copy of the same text is in the museum of Persepolis.

Iran Persepolis museum, Queen Quarters, Marv-Dasht county

موزه تخت جمشيد كاخ ملكه مرودشت ايران