5049843 Fluted bowl, c.6th??th century BC (gold) by Achaemenid, (6th century BC); 11.1 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Under Cyrus the Great (r. 538??30 B.C.), the Achaemenid Persian dynasty established an empire that extended from eastern Europe and Egypt to India, building palaces and ceremonial centres at Pasargadae, Persepolis, Susa, and Babylon.); Iranian, out of copyright.