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Location

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of), Jalīān
  • geo:29.966494,52.887047

Period or year

  • 240~ / unknown

Classification

  • altar
  • Visible

Naqsh-e Rajab

data access 20455

Four bas-reliefs:
I. Investiture of Ardashir I (center)
II. Investiture of Shapur I (right)
II. Shapur I with his family and courtiers (left)
IV. Portrait of Kartir a Zoroastrian high priest (an addition to the first relief)

Sasanian Rock Reliefs

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Creators: Entry created by Jona Lendering (2015-05-24) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/20455
Data downloads: KML, RDF
Suggested citation: Lendering, J. (2020) Naqsh-e Rajab. Vici.org: archaeological atlas of antiquity. https://vici.org/vici/20455, accessed 2026-11-14.