Detail of Khosrow II receiving the royal diadem while holding onto his sword.
Rock relief outside the two main iwans showing the investiture of the Sassanian monarch Ardashir II. This is considered to be the first and the oldest of the Taq-e-Bustan stone reliefs. On the left is the Zoroastrian yazata (angelic divinity) Mithra, who is sanctifying the ceremony of the investiture as Ardashir II receives the diadem from Shahpur II, or perhaps the Zoroastrian God Ahura Mazda.
Photograph created May 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly catalogued as B45.741, K.099. Notes written on the slide or index: Taq-i Bustan Cavalier.
