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This relief depicts Sharpur I on horseback, identified by a trilingual inscription, followed by a group of nine people.
Naqsh-e Rajab is the site of four limestone rockface inscriptions and rock-cut bas-reliefs that date to the early Sassanid era. One of the carvings is the investiture inscription of Ardeshir I (ruled in AD 226-241), the founder of the dynasty. The second investiture inscription is Ardeshir's successor, Shapur I (AD 241-272). A third bas-relief, known as 'Shapur's Parade' celebrates the king's military victory in 244 over the Roman emperor Philip the Arab. A fourth bas-relief and inscription is attributed to Kartir, high priest under Shapur I and his sons Hormizd I (AD 272-273) and Bahram I (AD 273–276).
This street, which averaged 5 m wide, was bordered on both sides by a 3.50 m wide pavement sheltered by porticoes and a Tuscan Doric colonnade.
The Roman Odeon is located on the west side of Patra. It was built before the visit of Pausanias who rated it with the odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens, as the most impressive of all the Odeons in Greece. It was rediscovered in 1889, and has been heavily restored since, including the new marble seating. The Odeon of Ancient Patrai was severely destroyed by successive invasions, wars and earthquakes. It was almost buried under the remains of other buildings and ground. The Odeon seats approximately 2300 spectators. After the establishment of the Patra International Festival held during the summer months, the Ancient Odeon constitutes the main venue, welcoming many top Greek and foreign performers.
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[I]mp(eratori) Ca[esari] / [d]ivi Tra[iani] / [P]arthi[ci fil(io)] / [di]vi Ner[vae n(epoti)] / [Tr]aiano [Ha]/[driano Aug(usto)
Panel made up from two main fragments, an upper and a lower, broken at Nero's waist. A small fragment of background is attached at the left side of the upper piece. H: i6o, W: (I I3), D: 43 cm. Missing. Both sides badly broken; the left side comes near to the full width at the bottom; much more is missing on the right side. From Armenia: left knee, left forearm, right hand, piece of left foot. On Nero: right forearm, left forearm and wrist, left leg below knee. Part of Nero's head survives but does not join.
The front of the base is decorated with a relief mask of a female head in early classical style. The conquered country is inscribed at the left, and the imperial title at the right, originally in six lines:
ARMENIA [erasure] / KLAUDIOS / DROUSOS KAISAR SEB / ASTOS GE / RMANIKOS.
Source: Smith R.R.R., “The Imperial Reliefs from the Sebasteion at Aphrodisias”, The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 77 (1987).
The Pleiades, or Seven Sisters (Messier 45 or M45), is an open star cluster containing middle-aged hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky.
The cluster is dominated by hot blue and extremely luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years. Dust that forms a faint reflection nebulosity around the brightest stars is an unrelated dust cloud in the interstellar medium, through which the stars are currently passing.
The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygeta, Celaeno, and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.