/internal/media/dispatcher/1011649/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5DB9F19B39079A1A124C338DCC250273Relief of a Persian guard486–465 B.C.Overall: 53 × 46.5 × 9.2 cm (20 7/8 × 18 5/16 × 3 5/8 in.)LimestoneArchibald Cary Coolidge Fund40.1701This figure is one of the Achaemenid king's elite guard, who were called the Ten Thousand Immortals because if one soldier fell in battle, another would immediately step forward to take his place. The fragment was part of a long frieze depicting a single file of the Immortals. The relief was most likely once brightly painted with hues of yellow, blue, and purple.Architectural elements53.00000000009.207518415015581801