Valerian picture on his coin

Shapur I's victory relief at Naqsh-e Rostam is located 3 kilometers north of Persepolis. It is one of eight Sasanian rock carvings cut into the cliff beneath the tombs of their Achaemenid predecessors.[1] [2]

References

  1. ↑ Mehrdad Kia, The Persian Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, 2016), vol. 1, s.v. "Naqsh-e Rostam".
  2. ↑ 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

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