138–47, 218–22, 270–2 and Wasmuth 2009a: 28–49, on the influence of Egyptian artistic conventions on Achaemenid monumental relief and free-standing sculpture. A few Achaemenid imperial monuments, from other sites in the empire, carry Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions (Root 1979: 61–72, ...
Secondly, all three texts deal with rations for one or several men or salup (± 'free men', 'gentlemen') and a larger number of libap ('servants', 'slaves'). These designations and the ratio between them is typical for elite travelling parties and one may wonder why a Posaunen...