Persia from the Earliest Period to the Arab

8S HISTORY OF PERSIA.
supplication at the horse's knees, and a head in altorilievo,
just appeared behind the hinder feet
The next piece of sculpture (which, like the former,
is carved upon the mountain of the citadel) is perfect
in all its parts. It consists of three grand compartments
; the central and most interesting representing a
figure on horseback, whose dress announces a royal
personage A quiver hangs by his side ; in
his right hand he holds the hand of a figure behind
him, which stands so as to cover the whole hindquarter
of his horse, and is dressed in a Roman
tunic and helmet. A figure, habited also in the
Roman costume, is on its knees before the head of the
horse, with its hands extended, and a face betraying
entreaty. Under the feet of the horse is another figure
in the same attire and character as that of
extended,
the other two Roman figures ; to the right of the
tablet stands a figure (behind that in a suppliant
attitude) with his hands also extended, but dressed in a
different manner, and, as far as we could judge, with
features more Egyptian than European
In another compartment are
rows of people, apparently in the attitude of supplication,
and in a third, rows of horsemen. The whole of
this interesting monument is sculptured on a very hard
rock, and still exhibits a fine polish. On the opposite
side of the river is a long tablet containing a multitude
of figures, the chief of whom is seated alone in a small
on the
compartment, with the sword between his legs,
pommel of which he rests his hands." From the
number and variety of the figures represented to the
right and the left (in one compartment a man is