A relief at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Naqsh-e_Rustam" class="mw-redirect" title="Naqsh-e Rustam">Naqsh-e Rustam</a> with <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ardeshir_I&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Ardeshir I (page does not exist)">Ardeshir I</a> 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 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darius_the_Great&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Darius the Great (page does not exist)">Darius the Great</a> 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 Spell God 11 ABC D Jassy can we see God spell GodDarius 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.
Photo Ginolerhino 2002
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Artaban V. Vers 230.