Relief of Enthroned King, Bishapur, Persia, before 309 AD

At Bishapur (Pl. VIb), where the king must have been some ruler before Shapur II (309-79), the throne appears to be wider than the bench-throne at Naqsh-i Bahram but it is too narrow to be a banqueting couch and lacks any indication of a pile of cushions on one side.¹³


Source: p.51, P. O. Harper, “Thrones and Enthronement Scenes in Sasanian Art” pp. 49-64 in British Institute of Persian Studies Vol. 17 (1979)