tammuz: Servant with bowls from Persepolis, dating back to the 5th century BCE. Persepolis was among
tammuz: Servant with bowls from Persepolis, dating back to the 5th century BCE. Persepolis was among the ceremonial seats of government in the Persian Achaemenid Empire and was used to escape the summer heat of Babylon, the Achaemenids’ main imperial capital. Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA. Photo by Babylon Chronicle -- source link