wooden naos door display the british museum london england

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Wooden naos door on display at the British Museum in London England Royalty Free Stock Photo

Wooden naos door on display at the British Museum in London England

Beneath a winged sun-disc, Darius I 521-486 BC is depicted as pharaoh, offering to the jackal-headed god Anubis. The goddess Isis stands behind, shown wearing cow-horns. The hieroglyphic labels identify the three figures, with Darius written out in phonetic hieroglyphs within the oval cartouche - a mofif traditionally reserved for Egyptian kings and Queens.