Andrea Squitieri. 'The Sasanian Cemetery of Gird-I Bazar in the Peshdar Plain (Iraqi Kurdistan)'
Autor: | Domiziana Rossi |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Zdroj: | Abstracta Iranica. |
ISSN: | 1961-960X 0240-8910 |
DOI: | 10.4000/abstractairanica.52100 |
Popis: | In the site of Gird-i Bazar in the Sulaymaniyah province, a Sasanian cemetery was found installed over, and partly damaging, the older Iron Age structures. Although Zoroastrians notoriously exposed the bodies and then placed the bones into astodans, inhumations are not uncommon in such a multi-cultural empire. After mentioning the Sasanian cemeteries found in the same region and underlining the presence of a large Christian community in Adiabene, the author describes the 62 excavated graves, ... |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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