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Persian armoured cavalry in the
Sassanid Rock Relief of Hormuzd II at Naqsh-i Rustam
![Persian armoured cavalry in the Sassanid Rock Relief of Bahram II at Naqsh-i Rustam](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jfIMNmt9jDI/WZWOjafno6I/AAAAAAAA8O0/xKy9fwe5zRoQNKBRstUNbgvyw0I1qUMxACLcBGAs/s1024/IMG_0313.JPG)
A larger image of Persian armoured cavalry in the Sassanid Rock Relief of Hormuzd II at Naqsh-i Rustam
Photo from euskal-go
![East Persian armoured cavalry in the Sassanid Rock Relief of Bahram II at Naqsh-i Rustam](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49831636156_4db2dc3fc6_o.jpg)
![Drawing of a Sassanian page and East Sassanian rebel (?) in the Sassanid Rock Relief of Hormuzd II at Naqsh-i Rustam](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49831609036_8cb9a79e7e_o.gif)
Referenced as figure 53 in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
53A and 53B. Rock-relief, A - "Sassanian page" B - "East Sassanian rebel (?)," Triumph of Hormuzd II, early 4th century AD, Sassanian, in situ, Naqsh-i Rustam (Pope).
[The "Page" may be holding a standard with 3 streamers attached to a T-bar with a ball shaped plume dangling from each end. His helmet has a knob on top rather than a plume.]
See also the relief of the victory of Bahram II at Naqs-i Rustam, Sasanian, late 3rd century AD, Persia
Other Persian Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers