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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

1963

Image ID

BG.052

Alternate Identifier

B45.741

Subcollection

BG: Kermanshah and Bisutun

Abstract

Detail of Khosrow II receiving the royal diadem while holding onto his sword.

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 B45.741, K.099. Notes written on the slide or index: Taq-i Bustan Cavalier.

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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