Shoes

[Anonymous]

Ok, very interesting info. There are two sets of wall carvings that depict the Roman defeat to Shapur. One shows Shapur on his knees, the other is a much much more elaborate carving. It has Shapur holding Valerian's hands while he is paid hommage to by Philip the Arab. This is a much much much more extensive wall carving, showing the Sassanian Heavy Cavalry and much more. But there is an issue, the Bishapur carving does not have the detail that the Nagshe Rustam carving does. Therefore, I cannot tell if it is accurate depiction of footwear. For example, the Sassanian soldiers are not even standing in a proper stance. Their feet point downward as if their feet are dangling. And there is not much detail in the carving on their shoes. So I am not sure if it was not important enough to shoe such detail. So the shoes of Valerian and Philip only show a sock like, generic round foot.<br>
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Now what is interesting, is that in the Shapur carving on Nagshe Rustam, Valerians left foot is not visible in my photo due to the leg from the Cross that its cut into. But his right foot that is back has an interesting detail that I cannot make out. It almost looks like he is wearing gaiters. But I am not certain. I will definitley look more into that. The other foot that the shoe could be visible in, is badly damaged and I do not have a close enough photo of it. I took hundreds of photos and Im going through them one by one.<br>
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The Sassanian carvings are very interesting because of what they choose to detail and not to detail. Tagi Bustan with Khosrow has a very detailed carving of shoes, but I could not get high enough to take good enough photos of it. Its in the upper part of the grotto above the Cataphracts head.<br>
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Anyway, I will let you guys know as soon as possible.<br>
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By the way, how do you add your personal icons next to your name. Ive tried to figure out how to do it and I can seem to get it done.<br>
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Ardeshir <p></p><i></i>