Art & Iconography (1)

• ArtworkThe Winged Symbol (the figure in the winged ring)

  The winged ring, often enclosing a robed male figure, that hovers above the king at Behistun, Persepolis and the royal tombs; the Achaemenid sign of divine sanction, whose precise identity — Ahura Mazdā, the royal glory, or a general emblem of god-given kingship — is genuinely unresolved.