This file is from a shared repository and may be used by other projects.
The description on its file description page there is shown below.
Summary
DescriptionNowruz Zoroastrian.jpg
العربية: نقشٌ بارز لِأسدٍ وثورٍ يتقاتلان في پرسپولیس - وهو رمزٌ تمَّ تفسيره بِعدَّة طُرق، فاعتُبر إحدى رُموز النيروز (رأس السنة الفارسيَّة) - وهو يوم الاعتدال الربيعي حيثُ أنَّ قُوَّة الثور (الذي يُمثِّل الأرض)، والأسد (الذي يُمثِّل الشمس)، تبقى مُتساوية إلى الأبد.
English: Bas-relief the lion-bull combat in Persepolis—a symbol which has been variously interpreted, including as the symbol of the Nowruz (the Persian New Year's Day)—in day of a spring equinox power of eternally fighting bull (personifying the Earth), and a lion (personifying the Sun), are equal.
Русский: Барельеф в Персеполе - cимвол зороастрийского Навруза - в день весеннего равноденствия силы извечно борющихся быка, олицетворяющего Землю, и льва, олицетворяющего Солнце, равны
Date
Source
Own work (Original text: I created this work entirely by myself.)
This is a featured picture on the Arabic language Wikipedia (صور مختارة) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. This is a featured picture on the English language Wikipedia (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. This is a featured picture on the Persian language Wikipedia (نگارههای برگزیده) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here.
If you think this file should be featured on Wikimedia Commons as well, feel free to nominate it.
If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.
Licensing
Ipaat at English Wikipedia, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publishes it under the following licenses:
to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.htmlGFDLGNU Free Documentation Licensetruetrue
The original description page was here. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia.
2008-12-17 19:08 Ipaat 2500×1523× (3315500 bytes) {{Information |Description= [[Bas-relief]] in [[Persepolis]] - a symbol [[Zoroastrism|Zoroastrian]] [[Nowruz]] - in day of a spring [[equinox]] power of eternally fighting bull (personifying the [[Earth]]), and a lion (personifying the [[Sun]]), are equal
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
{{BotMoveToCommons|en.wikipedia|year={{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}|month={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}|day={{subst:CURRENTDAY}}}} {{Information |Description={{en|en:Bas-relief in en:Persepolis - a symbol Zoroastrianen:Nowruz -
File usage
There are no pages that use this file.
Metadata
This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.
If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.