Photo ID: GA0008
Site: Firuzabad
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Description: Through its physical siting and by formal and symbolic means, this masterpiece of Sasanian art at once integrates the past with the present and future in a statement that elevates the king's earthly victory by its equation with the god's cosmic struggle. A powerfully balanced and symmetrical composition, this scene confronts king and god at the moment of their respective triumphs.
Photo Source: K. Schippman slide
See Sasanian Sites for collection summary.
Sasanian Projects at UC Berkeley
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
URL: ECAI.orgWebsite
Maintained by:Information
Systems and Services,
International and Area Studies,
UC Berkeley
Last updated: November 8, 2001:jlz