Shekaft-e Salman Relief II

This relief was carved in a rectangular panel at around the same height (at least 8 m) as Shekaft-e Salman I, but closer to the cave. It depicts a man, a boy, and a woman oriented toward the cave. The man stands on a low pedestal clasping his hands at the waist. He has a “visor” hairstyle, a pair of braided side-locks that curl upward in opposite directions at the end, and a long braid that runs along the left shoulder and ends in a curl above the elbow. A band above his left wrist, perhaps straps related to archery paraphernalia, extends along the length of the forearm to the elbow. He is dressed in a short, belted garment. The boy has the same style of garment, headdress, back-braid and gesture. Behind him, the woman grips her left wrist with her right hand. The left hand may hold a folded textile. Her garment has a bodice made of a fine fabric, if we can judge by the definition of her small breasts and nipples underneath, and a bell-shaped fringed skirt that falls from her narrow waist to the ground, covering her feet.