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Achaemenid Relief of a Gift Bearer


Achaemenid Relief of a Gift Bearer from Persepolis; Southern Iran, Persepolis, 500-450 B.C.

نقش یک مرد که هدیه‌ای به پیشگاه شاهنشاه هخامنشی میبرد با گلهای نیلوفر آبی در بالا، از مجموعه تخت جمشید که در بیست و پنج قرن پیش ساخته شده و هم اکنون در موزه هنر لوس آنجلس نگهداری میشود.

Achaemenid Relief, Persepolis; Southern Iran, 500-450 B.C.
LACMA

In this fragment from a larger relief, a man is depicted carrying a covered vessel. His dress suggests that he's a nobleman from Media, an area that stretches from present-day Turkey to Iran. The fragment was probably a part of the decorated staircase of Tachara, the private palace of Darius I the Great (reigned 521–486 B.C.). Built by Darius I, Tachara is one of the magnificent palaces located in the capital Persepolis (present-day Iran). The complex underwent a period of construction that stretched for over 60 years and is made up of numerous buildings situated on raised ground and platforms... more



۱۳۹۵ مرداد ۲۸, پنجشنبه

BĪŠĀPŪR


BĪŠĀPŪR, ancient and medieval town in Fārs, in the Sasanian period... Iran.

شهر باستانی بیشاپور که در دوره ساسانیان به دستور شاپور اول شاهنشاه ساخته شده بود و هم اکنون خرابه هایش در نزدیکی کازرون در استان فارس قابل مشاهده است.

Sasanian ancient and medieval town in Fārs, BĪŠĀPŪR.

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The Encyclopædia Iranica: Edward J. Keall


BĪŠĀPŪR, ancient and medieval town in Fārs, in the Sasanian period the administrative center of one of the five districts in the province of Fārs. The name of the city derives from Middle Persian Bay-Šāpūr “Lord Šāpūr” (for a dis­cussion of the name see Sundermann, pp. 294-95). more



Sasanian Mosaic of a woman playing the harp


Sasanian Mosaic of a woman playing the harp, Iran, Bishapur, palace of SHAPUR I (r.239-70).

 نقش بانوی چنگ نواز ساسانی بر روی موزاییکی از کاخ شاپور اول شاهنشاه ساسانی در بیشاپور، که هم اکنون در موزه لوور نگهداری میشود.

Sasanian Mosaic of a woman playing the harp, Iran, Bishapur.
Musée du Louvre


This mosaic panel, made of stone tesserae, shows a harpist. It was part of the decoration of the iwan of the "palace" of Shapur I at Bishapur, the new capital of the Sassanid Empire, built after the king's victories over Rome. Iranian heritage and Greco-Roman influences are combined in both the technique and the imagery (musician, interlacing, cubes). more