Photo ID: GA0009
Site: Firuzabad
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Description: Ardashir's defeat of the last Parthian ruler, shown at the hooves of his horse echoes his divine prototype's ultimate defeat of the Evil Spirit, Ahriman, shown in an equivalent position.
Photo Source: Berghe Louis vanden, " Splendeur de Sassanides", Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Bruxelles, 1993.
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Last updated: November 8, 2001:jlz