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Title: Hidden in Plain Sight
Subtitle: The Hebrew Inscription on Ardashir I's Rock Relief at Naqsh-i Rustam
Author(s): OVERLAET, Bruno
Journal: Iranica Antiqua
Volume: 46    Date: 2011   
Pages: 331-340
DOI: 10.2143/IA.46.0.2084425

Abstract :
The relief of Ardashir I at Naqsh-i Rustam is the first Sasanian investiture scene with the two protagonists on horseback. They are identified by a prominent trilingual inscription on the horses as Ardashir I and Ahura Mazda. A Hebrew inscription remained unobserved since the 19th century, however. It is chiselled on the folds of Ahura Mazda’s tunic.

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