A Wikipedia article on the Faravahar, the winged emblem associated with Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrian iconography. The article body illustrates the god's presence in Achaemenid royal art with a photograph of a cylinder seal held by the British Museum, showing a king performing a ritual beneath the god.
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A crowd-edited tertiary reference, used here only for the seal's subject and museum attribution, corroborated independently by the Wikimedia Commons photographer record for the same photograph. Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faravahar
Source Typeencyclopedia
Claims Backed By This Source (6 claims)
This source backs 6 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds.
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- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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