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Creation Year
1967
Image ID
BG.049
Alternate Identifier
B45.738
Subcollection
BG: Kermanshah and Bisutun
Abstract
Detail of relief of Mithra holding a barsom- a Zoroastrian liturgical implement used in religious ceremonies. It is traditionally made up of a number of twigs, and is considered highly sacred.
Description
Rock relief outside the two main iwans showing the investiture of the Sassanian monarch Ardashir II. This is considered to be the first and the oldest of the Taq-e-Bustan stone reliefs. On the left is the Zoroastrian yazata (angelic divinity) Mithra, who is sanctifying the ceremony of the investiture as Ardashir II receives the diadem from Shahpur II, or perhaps the Zoroastrian God Ahura Mazda.
Image Notes
Photograph created March 1967. Photograph processed September 1967. Formerly catalogued as B45.738. Notes written on the slide or index: Taq-i Bustan Enthronement.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Kermanshah, Iran
Keywords
Sassanian, Stone, Relief Patterns, Stone Carving, Fourth Century AD, Relief Sculpture
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