A Sasanian Triumphal Arch in Bishapur
The Sasanian Kingdom (224-651 CE) was the last dynasty before the Muslim-Arab invasion of Iran (Pourshariati 2008: 1-2). Sasanian-era architectural remains—mostly including palaces, castles, temples, bridges, and dams—are scattered throughout ancient Iran. However, the density of monuments in the so...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2021
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2021, Volume: 84, Issue: 4, Pages: 306-315 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sassaniden
/ Triumphal arch
/ Bishapur
B Sassaniden / Triumphal arch / Bishapur / Architecture / Shapur I Iran, King |
| IxTheo Classification: | TB Antiquity |
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| Summary: | The Sasanian Kingdom (224-651 CE) was the last dynasty before the Muslim-Arab invasion of Iran (Pourshariati 2008: 1-2). Sasanian-era architectural remains—mostly including palaces, castles, temples, bridges, and dams—are scattered throughout ancient Iran. However, the density of monuments in the southwestern regions of the country and in Mesopotamia is higher than anywhere else. Many of the Sasanian buildings excavated and exposed to the elements in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were incorrectly or insufficiently identified by their excavators and have not been subjected to systematic analysis since their initial publication. In the years that have elapsed, erosion and human activity have damaged or erased architectural features that might be useful for understanding Sasanian architecture. One such site is the city of Bishapur in the southwest of Iran. This city was established by Shapur I, the second king of the dynasty, in the middle of the third century and was occupied until the eleventh century, more than four centuries after the fall of the Sasanian Empire (Mehryar 1999: 33). Even at present the surface of the site is covered by apparently random piles of stones, at first glance making recognition of the buildings difficult (fig. 1)., A view of Bishapur from the southwest. Photograph by Alireza Shahmohammadpour., |
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| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/716831 |