Griffin Capital of Persepolis
7x5" / Unframed Print
$32.49
Skip to product information
Griffin Capital of Persepolis
$32.49
Materials
Fine Art Prints
Premium archival matte fine art paper, 200–230 gsm. Smooth, bright white surface with an instant-dry coating that resists fingerprints and smudging. Printed with archival inks for accurate color and high-contrast reproduction. FSC-certified sustainable paper.
Framed Prints
Solid wood frame, roughly 0.875″ wide, available in light, black, or white. Protected by shatterproof optical-grade acrylic — lighter and safer than glass, and it ships without risk of breakage. Dry-mounted to foam core with a kraft paper dust cover and hanging wire installed, ready to hang out of the box.
Production
Every piece is made to order. Nothing sits in a warehouse — your print is produced after you order it, at the facility closest to your address. That means it reaches you faster, travels less distance, and arrives with a smaller carbon footprint than something shipped from a single central location.
An Achaemenid griffin capital in a pen-and-ink style, stippled and cross-hatched and set on bare white. Two eagle-headed foreparts face outward from one block, hooked beaks open, crests ridged, front legs folded beneath them. Between their backs runs the trough where the roof beam sat. The stone is drawn as found — chipped beaks, a split down the flank, sockets where the fixings were.
- A double-headed griffin capital seen in profile, the full block edge to edge
- Stipple and cross-hatching throughout, with no flat fill
- Ridged crests, ringed eyes and open beaks worked in fine line
- Weathering, cracks and drill holes left in rather than tidied away
- Pure black on white, no background, no border
Iranians know this creature as the homa, the bird of legend said never to land, whose shadow falling on a person marks them for kingship. Iran Air took its tail emblem from a capital like this one. The Achaemenids left no name for it — the identification is a modern one, and none the worse for that.
Perfect for
- Gallery walls of architectural and archaeological drawings
- Archaeologists, architects and mythology readers
- A study or office in black and white
- Gifts for anyone who has stood at Persepolis