[1] Darius is depicted wearing a Persian dress, and armed with a dagger at his belt.

The pleats of the right side of the robe are inscribed in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian cuneiform.

The sides represent rows of vassals from numerous countries, with a total of twenty-four cartouches.

[1][3] The statue was made in Egypt from grey granite, but was then transported to Susa, possibly by Xerxes I.

[1] The statue is of grey granite that chemical analysis has indicated comes from the Wadi Hammamat in eastern Egypt.