Six Sassanian artworks engraved with hunters: king, crown prince, aristocrat or pretender to the throne?

Cercetări Arheologice 31.1, 2024, 221-234
https://doi.org/10.46535/ca.31.1.14



Six Sassanian artworks engraved with hunters: king, crown prince, aristocrat or pretender to the throne?

Authors: Parastoo Masjedi Khak Seyed Mehdi Mousavi Kouhpar Hasan Kohansal Vajargah Cui Qilong

Keywords:

Silver Plates, Sassanians, Iran, China, Northern Wei

Abstract:

This article focuses on six Sassanian plates that have caused contradictory opinions about those depicted on them. Considering these works and a historical context, the authors have assessed the prevailing opinions and expressed their own views and probabilities. As such, the person engraved on the four Sassanian works is probably a prince who ruled northern and northeastern regions of Iran during the 4th and early 5th centuries AD and was in contact with nomadic tribes between Iran and China.

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How to cite: Parastoo Masjedi Khak, Seyed Mehdi Mousavi Kouhpar, Hasan Kohansal Vajargah, Cui Qilong, Six Sassanian artworks engraved with hunters: king, crown prince, aristocrat or pretender to the throne?, Cercetări Arheologice, Vol. 31.1, pag. 221-234, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.46535/ca.31.1.14

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