Xerxes

Xerxes I (486/85-465/64 BC)

Achaemenid ruler, best known in western histories for his attempts to conquer Greece. He was murdered with his son the crown prince Darius in 465/64 BC.

Nomen: Xerxes

Burial place: Naqsh-i-Rustam

Further Attestations:

Wadi Hammamat inscriptions, dated to years 2 - 13 (Posener 1936: 120-124, nos. 25-30)
Calcite vessels (Posener 1936: 140-145)

Bibliography:

Petrie 1905: 369-370 (list of sources then known)
Weber/Wiesehöfer1996: 488-489 (a bibliography for the reign of the king)