Archivo: Naqsh i Rustam. Investiture d'Ardashir 1

Description: A relief at Naqsh-e Rustam with Ardeshir I and unidentified cavalier. This Persian rock relief depicts Ardashir I Coronation scene; the first king of the Sassanid Empire of Iran. Ardashir receives the ribboned diadem (cydaris), the symbol of kingship, from the spirit of Darius the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty.[92] Under the horse of the King Ardashir lies the last of the Parthian Kings, Artabanus. Under the horse of King Darius lies Gaumata the usurper, a Magian,. The relief of Ardashir is, therefore, the legitimization of the new Sassanian dynasty by the pre-Alexander Achaemenid dynasty. The inscription in Persian, Parthian, and Greek, reads: This is the image of the Hormizd-worshipping Majesty Ardashir, whose origin is of the gods.
Title: Naqsh i Rustam. Investiture d'Ardashir 1
Credit: Artaban V. Vers 230.
Author: Photo Ginolerhino 2002
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