Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . ^ .%*#i^ *.* First Sasanian Sciilptuhe at Naksh-i Rustam. Fourth Sasanian Sculpture at Naksh-i Rustam SEVEN SASANIAN SCULPTURES 301 bear Sasanian bas-reliefs of the third and fourth centuries of theChristian era. If we adopt the same order of enumeration fromeast to west as for the tombs, we may describe the first bas-relief as located between the first and second sepulchre andadjoining a large incised space that is vacant, except for threerectangular holes and an unimportant modern Per
Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . ^ .%*#i^ *.* First Sasanian Sciilptuhe at Naksh-i Rustam. Fourth Sasanian Sculpture at Naksh-i Rustam SEVEN SASANIAN SCULPTURES 301 bear Sasanian bas-reliefs of the third and fourth centuries of theChristian era. If we adopt the same order of enumeration fromeast to west as for the tombs, we may describe the first bas-relief as located between the first and second sepulchre andadjoining a large incised space that is vacant, except for threerectangular holes and an unimportant modern Persian inscrip-tion dated early in the eighteenth century.^ The bas-relief itselfrepresents a Sasanian royal group, one figure in which is awoman. The scene portrayed has been variously interpretedas representing Shahpur I ( 241-272) and his queen, or asVarahran II ( 275-293) and his chief royal consort, or elseas figuring the marriage of Varahran V, Bahram Gor ( 420-438), with an Indian princess.^ The second and third bas-reliefs(the latter nearly buried by the sand blown against it)^ are eques-trian sculptures, carved one above the other in the spa
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