Jump to content

Shapur I's victory relief at Naqsh-e Rostam

Coordinates: 29°59′19″N 52°52′19″E / 29.9886°N 52.8719°E / 29.9886; 52.8719
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Magic links bot (talk | contribs) at 04:51, 30 June 2017 (Replace magic links with templates per local RfC and MediaWiki RfC). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Shapur I's inscription at Naqsh-e Rostam is located 3 kilometers away from the north of Takht-e Jamshid. This is probably the most famous inscription dating from Sasanian Persia.[citation needed] This inscription depicts a famous scene in which the Roman Emperor, Valerian, is kneeled before Shapur I and asking for grace. Shapur defeated Valerian at the Battle of Edessa, in which the entire Roman army was destroyed and Valerian itself became Shapour's prisoner. This was the first and only time a Roman emperor was taken as prisoner. There's a Greek inscription that has 5 lines in the bottom of the horse, but it is damaged. It is believed that there was two inscriptions in Middle Persian and Parthian language as well, but were destroyed.[1]

References

  1. ^ The history of pre-Islamic literature of Persia, Ahmad Tafazzoli and Zhale Amoozgar, p 87, Sokhan publications, Tehran, ISBN 964-5983-14-2

29°59′19″N 52°52′19″E / 29.9886°N 52.8719°E / 29.9886; 52.8719