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== The Xong-e Noruzi relief == [[File:Xong-e Ashdar Parthian relief.jpg|thumb|The Xong-e Noruzi relief in [[Khuzestan]]]] One of the most famous Parthian reliefs is a scene with six men at Xong-e Noruzi in [[Khuzestan]].{{sfn|Mathiesen|1992|pp=119β121}} In the middle of the figure, the main character is in frontal view in Parthian costume. To the right are three other slightly smaller men. On the left is a rider on a horse. The figure is shown in profile. Behind the rider is another man, also in profile. The stylistic difference between the Hellenistic style of the riders and the Parthian style of the other characters led to the assumption that the four men on the right side were added later. The rider probably represents a king, and has been identified as Mithridates I, who conquered Elymais in 140/139 BC. Accordingly, the relief is celebrating his victory. This interpretation was originally accepted by many scholars.{{sfn|Shayegan|2011|p=106}} However, more recently this view has been challenged and other theories have been proposed, including one that the rider is a local ruler of the Elymais.{{sfn|Colledge|1977|p=92}}{{sfn|Shayegan|2011|pp=106β107}} The modern historian Trudy S. Kawami has suggested the figure might be [[Kamnaskires II Nikephoros]], the second ruler of Elymais, who declared independence from the Seleucids.{{sfn|Kawami|2013|pp=762β763}}
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