presumably pearls, tied around Boran's forehead with segments visible. The top her crown terminates in a pair of feathered wings, meant to represent the Zoroastrian divinity Verethragna, the hypostasis of 'victory'. A crescent and globe is depicted between the feathered wings. More astral signs are depicted at the top right (a star and crescent) and left of the crown (a single star). Notes References Sources Further reading 632 deaths 7th-century Sasanian monarchs 7th-century women rulers 7th-century murdered monarchs Empresses regnant Iranian empresses Women from the Sasanian Empire Year of birth unknown Murdered Persian monarchs Deaths by strangulation Women in Shahnameh People of Byzantine descent Children of Khosrow II