#9 101 X Show all features labelled on plan (names may optionally be marked). Also mark the topography shown, and the river (solid double line) and the canal (dotted double line). Label canal. Use Roaf p. 204 to put in details of residential palace area.
#Pasargadae
-1 101 Z Pasargadae was founded by Cyrus the Great, who created the Persian Empire, and was added to by Darius. The coronation of Persian kings took place here. The city, the remains of which are scattered over an area of 1.25 miles (2 km), had an overall structure and unified plan.
#City
2 101 X The Citadel was built upon a hill rising 165 ft (50 m) above the plain. The terrace once stood 50 ft (14.5 m) high and was built of limestone blocks. A columned hall with paved bathroom facilities and extensive drains is thought to have been built by Lydian and Ionian masons from the lands conquered by Cyrus.
#Citadel
3 101 X The so-called Zendan-i Suleiman ('prison of Solomon') is a square stone tower. Suggestions for its function include as a shrine or sanctuary, a tomb or a repository for archives or royal objects. More recently, it has been thought to have been used in the coronation of the Achaemenid kings.
#Zendan
4 101 X The residential palace adjoined gardens, fed by water channels, in which were set pavilions. All these structures were open to the outside through columned porticoes. The palace had a central hall decorated in blue, green, yellow, red and turquoise, and a projecting white throne room. The columns and some of the reliefs show Greek influences.
#Residential Palace
6 101 X The audience palace was located some 1,000 ft (300 m) south of the residential palace. It had a central hall surrounded on all four sides by porticoes, and was used by Cyrus to accommodate important guests.
#Audience Palace
5 101 X The gatehouse was a monumental entrance to the palace area. Two huge stone winged bulls like those found in Assyrian palaces once guarded the outer entrance and human-headed bulls the inner one. Like the palaces, the gatehouse was inscribed with the words 'I, Cyrus, an Achaemenid' written in the Elamite, Babylonian and Old Persian languages.
#Gatehouse, Figure on door of gatehouse
1 101 X Two large blocks of limestone may have been twin altars to the Persian gods Ahura Mazda and Anahita. Cyrus and his successors worshipped here before a portable fire altar. A later terrace complex was possibly intended for spectators witnessing the solemn ceremonies enacted at the sacred precinct or as an elevated stage for sacrificial rites.
