Sasanian seal depicting Mithra

Eastern Sasanian seal depicting Mithra, late 4th or 5th centuries. (British Museum)

مهر ساسانی با نقش ایزد مهر(=میترا)،  قرن چهارم یا پنجم مسیحی که در موزه بریتانیا نگهداری می شود.

Sasanian seal depicting Mithra.

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September 27, 2017 at 09:12PM

مهر را میستائیم

مهر را میستائیم، که دارای دشتهای پهن است،که از کلام راستین آگاه است، زبان‌آوری که دارای هزارگوش است، خوش‌اندامی که دارای هزارچشم است. مهریشت؛ فقره ۷

Sasanian seal, formerly in the Berlin State Museum, depicting Mithra.

See Also / بیشتر بخوانید

The Encyclopædia Iranica, Franz Grenet: 
MITHRA ii. ICONOGRAPHY IN IRAN AND CENTRAL ASIA

http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/mithra-2-iconography-in-iran-and-central-asia
 

There is no known iconography of Mithra in the Achaemenid period. On coins of the Arsacids the seated archer dressed as a Parthian horseman, which is often depicted on the reverse, has been interpreted as Mithra holding Apollo’s favorite attribute, a bow, but the figure is also taken, perhaps more plausibly, as a reminder of Arsaces I, the dynastic ancestor. more

https://twitter.com/iranologyscty/status/911620002398294017

September 23, 2017 at 07:25PM

Mithra and Sasanian seal

 

Sasanian seal, formerly in the #Berlin State Museum, depicting #Mithra (Grenet, 2003, fig. 1). #Sasanian #Persia.

تصویر میترا بر روی یک مُهر ساسانی که در موزۀ دولتی برلین نگهداری می‌شود.

Sasanian seal, formerly in the Berlin State Museum, depicting Mithra

See Also / بیشتر بخوانید

The Encyclopædia Iranica, Franz Grenet: 
MITHRA ii. ICONOGRAPHY IN IRAN AND CENTRAL ASIA

http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/mithra-2-iconography-in-iran-and-central-asia
 

There is no known iconography of Mithra in the Achaemenid period. On coins of the Arsacids the seated archer dressed as a Parthian horseman, which is often depicted on the reverse, has been interpreted as Mithra holding Apollo’s favorite attribute, a bow, but the figure is also taken, perhaps more plausibly, as a reminder of Arsaces I, the dynastic ancestor. more

https://twitter.com/iranologyscty/status/652626436814073856?s=20