The author presents a novel assessment of some 270 objects, most them carrying an inscription in Aramaic. These mainly mortars and pestles (and fragments thereof) made from green chert were, although produced Arachosia, found Persepolis. While the interpretation first editor, R. Bowman, these items as ritual objects has never met with approval, their purpose so far been elusive. By means quanti...

Abstract This article looks at the continuing fascination with idea of monarchy in Iran, dismissed and condemned after revolution but gradually rehabilitated through an engagement Shahnameh a reinvigorated interest ancient Iran. The Sasanian as cradle for development Islamic civilisation, has turn enabled popular re-acquaintance Achaemenid previously frowned on its association Mohammad Reza Sha...

Since the Sassanid era, many reliefs and seals have left and by reviewing their designs, the mythical and religious attitudes of those people can be understood. The purpose of this article is to decode and interpret the symbolic paintings and to review and study the myths, concepts, and religious rituals of this period. The question is that what the divine and human origin of the symbolic paint...