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Creation Year
1963
Image ID
BG.050
Alternate Identifier
B45.739
Subcollection
BG: Kermanshah and Bisutun
Abstract
Rock relief in the central iwan, showing the investiture of Khosrow II (Chosroes II). He is receiving two diadems, from Ahura Mazda on the right, and from Anahita (protecting angel of water- rather ironical for the water logged relief) on the left.
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 May 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly catalogued as B45.739, K.097. 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, High Relief
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