Relief <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taq-e_Bostan" class="extiw" title="en:Taq-e Bostan">Taq-e Bostan</a></i> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermanshah_Province" class="extiw" title="en:Kermanshah Province">Kermanshah Province</a> in Iran) from the era of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassanid_dynasty" class="extiw" title="en:Sassanid dynasty">Sassanid Empire</a>: One of the oldest depictions of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataphract" class="extiw" title="en:Cataphract">cataphract</a>. The figure on top in the middle is believed to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khosrow_II" class="extiw" title="en:Khosrow II">Khosrow II</a>. The figure to the right is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahura_Mazda" class="extiw" title="en:Ahura Mazda">Ahura Mazda</a>, and to the left is the Persian Goddess <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anahita" class="extiw" title="en:Anahita">Anahita</a>. The cataphract is not known, although various theories exist on his identity, but he is certainly of royal nobility.
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<dl><dd><i>05:15, 14 February 2005 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zereshk" class="extiw" title="en:User:Zereshk">Zereshk</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Zereshk" class="extiw" title="de:User talk:Zereshk">Talk</a> / <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Zereshk" class="extiw" title="en:Special:Contributions/Zereshk">contribs</a>) uploaded "Image:Knight-Iran.JPG"</i></dd>
<dd><i>(One of the oldest depictions of a Knight; from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassanide" class="extiw" title="en:Sassanide">Sassanide</a> relief in Taq-i-Bostan, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" class="extiw" title="en:Iran">Iran</a>. {{PD}})</i></dd></dl>