Parthian Stone

The Parthian Stone[1] is a relief located in the ancient site of Bisotun in Kermanshah Province, Iran, a UNESCO world heritage site.

It shows a Parthian king with a bowl in his left hand.

Six kings named Vologases are known to have ruled the Parthian Empire, from 51 to the 220s CE.

[4] The inscription, written in nine lines on the surface of the altar, uses the Aramaic script to transcribe the Parthian language logographically, and reads:[5] Vologases, King of Kings, son of (Vo)l(ogases), K(ing of Kings), grandson of P(...)Vologases is seen frontally, holding a bowl and sacrificing at an altar, and is flanked by two attendants carved on the sides of the rock.

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