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Rustam, mounted on Rakhsh, fights an adversary

Sogdian Mural in the ‘Rustam Room’: Rustam cycle



Held by the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Mural Painting "Rustemiada". Blue Hall

Rustam, mounted on Rakhsh, fights an adversary. Wall-painting on dry loess plaster from Panjikent, Tajikistan, c. 740 AD (The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, SA-16223). Photo: Ursula Sims-Williams.
'In pictures: Eight and ninth century stories of the Persian hero Rustam', British Library
Picture source: kudago



Back to the smaller image of Rustam, mounted on Rakhsh, fights an adversary. Sogdian mural from Panjakent, 6th-8th Centuries