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- Title
A Himyarite diplomatic mission to the Sasanian court of Bahram II depicted at Bishapur.
- Authors
Overlaet, Bruno
- Abstract
Rock relief IV at Bishapur, Iran, depicts the Sasanian king Bahram II (AD 276–293) who meets an Arab diplomatic mission with horses and dromedaries. An inscription from the Mahram Bilqis temple near Marib mentions a diplomatic mission sent by Shammar Yuhar’ish to Ctesiphon and Seleucia. Based on the events mentioned in the inscription, this mission is now dated to the beginning of Bahram II’s reign. This date agrees with the stylistic dating that has been proposed for the relief, which suggests that Bishapur IV depicts the reception of this Himyarite diplomatic mission.
- Subjects
BISHAPUR (Extinct city); IRAN; RELIEF (Sculpture); SASSANID dynasty, Iran, 224-651; ARABS; DIPLOMACY; SASSANID antiquities; ANTIQUITIES; KINGS &; rulers
- Publication
Arabian Archaeology & Epigraphy, 2009, Vol 20, Issue 2, p218
- ISSN
0905-7196
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0471.2009.00313.x