Ram with royal ribbon

400–699 AD Sassanian silver plate originally from Iran, currently in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

What is actually depicted on this plate?

This is the official description displayed under this artefact. I want to thank @officialnhaynes for posting the picture of this description and alerting me to this amazing object...

Who (or What) is this "stately ram" with royal ribbons tied around its neck? Why is it strutting over mountain tops towards a flowering plant? Why is ram symbol of fortune in Iran? The curators don't provide the answer to these questions...

Maybe I can try...

These are the final words spoken by Kay Khosrow, a legendary king of Iran at the end of  Shahnameh, The Iranian Book of Kings:

What's between Pisces and Taurus? Aries, Mar/Apr. 

What happens in Aries? The spring floods begin in Iran...

BTW Arias is an animal calendar marker that marks the end of the lambing season of the wild and domestic sheep...And the beginning of the milking season...Very important time of the year...I talked about the origin of Aries in my post "Aries must die"... 

Here is the Ram King sitting on his Royal Ram Throne...As depicted on this late 6th or early 7th c. AD Sassanian silver bowl...

I wrote about this in detail in these two articles: "Kay Khosrow" and "Eyeballs platter"

That's it. To read more about ancient animal and plant calendar markers, start here…Then check my twitter threads I still didn't convert to blog post...I am way way behind...