abstract         sasanian dynasty, who governed as the last and the most glorious dynasty before islam in iran, has had an important role in enrichment of sasanian silver works and we owe the majority of silver works to this era. metalwork is one of the oldest arts iniranian civilization. the prominent metalwork crafts‚ left from different ages‚ acknowledge this fact. the art of this era has di...

this paper studies two ancient seasonal festivals which were celebrated on summer and winter solstices. because of misconceptions regarding sasanian calendar, these two festivals, known as ābrīzgān and āḍarjašn, have remained unnoticed in modern researches. a sound interpretation of the old iranian calendar as described by biruni would uncover the true character of these festivals. this paper d...

This article analyzes the scene of Sasanian king combating a lion in two rock reliefs. Most Bas-reliefs belong to first 150 years dynasty and most are located modern Fars province. The reliefs typically depict king’s investiture by deity (who is usually Ahurā Mazdā, but, some reliefs, Mithra or Anāhitā), with courtiers, his family, at war, triumph over enemies, fighting hunting wild animals. Tw...

Abstract Chemical compositional data sets of archaeological artefacts are often analysed using standard statistical procedures. Adopting a different approach, we examine the major element oxides found in Parthian and Sasanian glazed pottery by identifying statistically important ratios conjunction with expert knowledge scientist during, rather than after, identification process. This results me...