Darius

Darius I (522/21-486/85 BC)

Achaemenid Persian king. Darius undertook or completed major building projects in Egypt, such as the temple of Hibis in the Kharga oasis and the Wadi Tumilat canal to the Red Sea (started by Nekau II). From his reign on (following the Persian defeat in 490 at the battle of Marathon in Greece) there are repeated revolts against Persian rule in Egypt.

Horus name: Menekhib
Prenomen: Setutre
Nomen: Darius

Burial place: Persepolis

Attestation in the Petrie Museum:

UC 16438, faience object with the name of the Persian king Darius, in Egyptian hieroglyphs

inscribed faience object from Memphis

Further Attestations:

Temple building at Kharga oases (Davies 1953)
Stela, dated to year 4 (Posener 1936: 36-41, no. 5)
Stelae mentioning the building of a canal, from Tell el Maskhoutah, Kabret and Suez (Posener 1936: 30-87, nos. 8-10)
Several Wadi Hammamat inscriptions (Posener 1936: 91-119, nos. 11-24)
Calcite vases (Posener 1936: 138-140)

Bibliography:

Kuhrt 1995: 667-672 (a general introduction on the king - from the Persian point of view)
Petrie 1905: 346-368 (out of date, but with good collection of the sources known at that time)
Posener 1936: 175-190 (hieroglyphic inscriptions from the reign)
Weber/Wiesehöfer1996: 486-488 (a bibliography to the king)