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Elamite rock relief said Kul-e Farah II detailing a sacrifice at Kul-e Farah, on an isolated rock at the South East of Izeh, ancient elamite city of Ayapir. It was discovered in the 19th century by the british orientalist traveller and archaeologist Austen Henry Layard, as many others at izeh. The relief is the IInd of a serial of 6 carved in a little gorge, covering either isolated rocks and cliffs. This one dates of the 7-8th centuries BCE, as the others of this site. The scene shows either a high priest or a king in praying attitude, ordering a sacrificial religious office, with behind him, a little range of 4 praying devots. The sacrifice scene is detailed at the right side of the rock: dead bodies of Asian bulls are superposed while one is just killed, with a priest searching probably for its heart into the thorace. Religious theme is a classic in Elamite rock reliefs, often showing ranges of outnumbering devots praying or dancing, covering all the surface of multiple rocks. In this relief, the very low number of devots does not cover all the rock’s surface, in contradiction with the other reliefs. No perspective yet existed at this time into the fashion of representative art. The tall of the main character is major compared to the others, sign of a big social rank, if not a royal rank.