Taq-e Bostan

At Taq-e Bostan ("the arch of the garden"), situated in the neighborhood of modern Kermanshah, several Sasanian reliefs can be found:

• The Investiture Relief of Shapur II
• The small cave
• The large cave of Khusrau II

In front of the monuments is a little artificial lake and an ancient garden, or "paradise". They were probably created in the Parthian age, but the reliefs are younger.

The two caves of Taq-e Bostan

Taq-e Bostan, Investiture relief of Shapur II

Taq-e Bostan, Small cave, Relief of Shapur II (r) and Shapur III or Ardashir III with inscriptions

Taq-e Bostan, Large cave

Literature

• Louis Vanden Berghe, Reliefs rupestres de l' Iran ancien (1983 Brussels), #79-84.