Sindokht's Tribute Before Sahm

From A8.16, Sindokht and Sahm Come to an Agreement. It illustrates A8.16.10–14:

• A8.16.10
  She dismounted, bowed low upon the ground,And praised both Shah and Sahm with measured sound.
• A8.16.11
  Before him stretched her tribute far and wide:Rich gifts and slaves and beasts in ordered stride.
• A8.16.12
  From Sahm’s own gate the train stretched far away,For two full measures in its bright array.
• A8.16.13
  Attendants, horses, elephants in lineMade all the road with ordered tribute shine.
• A8.16.14
  Sahm drew his arms in, lowered down his head,Like one half-drunk before the wealth outspread.

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