The Greek style that may have continued to live on in the production of art in many places in the Parthian pre-Hellenistic traditions. In Assyria there were two pillars, which are held in such a Hellenic style. They each show a man standing in Parthian costume, however. The figure and the head are shown in profile and are thus in a Mesopotamian tradition.Mathiesen: Sculpture in the Parthian Empire. 190-191, Katalog Nr. 158, 159 A third stele shows a similar figure, now, however, with his face to the front.Mathiesen: Sculpture in the Parthian Empire. 191-92, Katalog Nr. 160 In the Parthian Empire various dating systems were in use at the same time and it is not known which of these stelae are dated to the correct era.Schlumberger: Der hellenisierte Orient. S. 89–90, 200-201
