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Achaemenian Tombs and Sasanian Bas-Reliefs

Viewclose det: Shapur I (d.272 AD)Triumphing Over the Emperors Philippus the Arab and Valerian
SiteNaqsh-e Rustam (near Persepolis)
LocationIran
Date6-5th c. BC&3rd-7th c. AD
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodAncient Near Eastern
Saskia No.Jia-2002
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 2, plate 30
 Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 3, plate 30