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DescriptionNaqsh i Rustam. Investiture d'Ardashir 1.jpg
English: A relief at Naqsh-e Rustam with Ardeshir I 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 Darius the Great 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.
فارسی: سنگنگاره اهورامزدا و اردشیر بابکان که یکی از زیباترین و سالمترین نقوش بازمانده از دورهٔ ساسانی است، در گوشهٔ شرقی محوطهٔ نقش رستم، بر سینهٔ صخرهای تراشیده شده که ۲ متر از سطح زمین، فاصله دارد و دارای ۶٫۶۵ متر پهنا و ۲٫۴۰ متر بلندا است.
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