More of Persepolis - I'll spare everyone the history (and the context), but abt 5th century BC (correction from before! - thanks to JohnM 
) and very Persian.
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Bas relief is the name of the game:
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Capital Griffins!
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Nearby was a superb bonus I wasn't expecting - the Necropolis of the rulers of the time of Persepolis. Not quite Petra, but the rock is a bloody sight harder! Tombs of 4 kings here (4th off to the right)
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Usurped Roman Emperors (one being ?Valerian?) paying homage to Shapur I (abt 260AD):
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From about 280 AD, showing horse mounted battle between the Romans and the Persians (Bahram II won )
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