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Alternative Title
Shebdiz
Description
A small glazed ceramic horse figurine standing on four feet with its head turned to look to the right. Its body is turquoise in color with four white socks (markings), a black mane, forelock, and tail.
48. Shebdiz. The horse of Khosru Parvis, “the Conqueror,” more generally known as Chosroes the Second of Persia (590-628.)
Exhibit label:
SHEBDIZ, THE HORSE OF CHOSROES THE SECOND.
A gift from Jonah-ben-Amittai of Gath-heper.
—The Fifth Letter in Ladies and Gentlemen.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
4 x 3 x 1.5
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; Khosrow II, King of Persia, -628
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Iran--History; Bible. Jonah
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
figures (representations)
Type
Physical Object
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine Collection
Source
Horse 48, Shebdiz, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 3, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m377_i048.jpg