Two distinctive features of Sasanian bridges are their designation as weir-bridges and function in the facilitation irrigation. This has often been used to emphasise a specific administrative centralisation. The author stresses continuity investments infrastructures, from Arsacids Islamic period via Sasanians. It is presented that members elite governing classes well private entrepreneurs provi...

seals and clay sealings are the most important cultural material of sasanian period. there have been a few seals and bullas of various periods retained in the moghadam museum of tehran. these materials have not been introduced so far. authors of the present paper aim at to study and introduce the sasanian seals and bullas of this museum especially those bearing animal symbolic motifs. we do thi...

The transition period from Sasanian to Islamic Iran is a key moment for the upcoming history of both Europe and Asia. It indeed crucial put pieces together draw complex picture this central authority which used intermediaries local functionaries different religions. Among others, there were Christian communities. R. Curiel especially Gyselen studied catalogued Iranian copper coinage 7th 8th cen...

in the face of strategic and geopolitical importance of nishapur, this city was not much taken into consideration by the archeologists of the historic period. the analysis of the new findings of the ancient castle of sasanian nishapur as well as the identification of some sasanian settlements in the plain of nishapur can make it possible to re-configure the eco-political structures of the commu...

the sasanian settlements located persian gulf shores proving the economic-political sovereignty of iran over the persian gulf through preislamic era denotes commercial relations between iran and other regions. the remains of sasanian sites and scattered ceramic sherds help us to apprehend the history of the socio-political organization of the persian gulf sphere and recognize the interactions b...

the demonstration of female figures on sasanian silver vessels was an interesting subject to sasanian silversmiths which caused much dispute among the scholars over whose character the female figure represents. are they representations of the goddess anahita or members of her cult? is there any connection between them and the cult of asiatic dionysus? the other question that arises is whether t...