The Godarz Rock Carving (Godarz Inscription) is a carving that Godarz, one of the Parthian kings, left on the slopes of Mount Bisotun. In this work, the figure of Godarz is depicted as an armored rider on a horse and attacks another rider with a long spear, knocking him off his horse. This relief is carved next to a relief of another Parthian king, Mehrdad II. A Greek inscription above this relief identifies this armored Parthian rider as "Godarz, son of Gio."
The general view is that the Godarz introduced here is the same Godarz II of Parthia, who had defeated Mehrdad, one of his rivals, and also the Roman general Cassius. Above Godarz's head is a figure that the Greeks believed was Nike, the goddess of victory in ancient Greek culture.
But another view considers this Goodarz to be the same Goodarz I who minted coins in his name in Babylon at the end of the reign of Mehrdad II and is called "Shahrban of the Shahrbans" in the relief of Mehrdad II in Bisotun.
Part of this work was destroyed by the construction of the inscription of Sheikh Ali Khan Zanganeh.
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