Sassanian stucco decorations from the Ramavand (Barz Qawaleh) excavations in the Lorestan Province of Iran

• Authors: KARAMIAN Gholamreza , FARROKH Kaveh
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Barz Qawaleh (also known as Bard Qawela or “Barz-Q” town) is an ancient site located in the vicinity of the village of Ramavand in Iran, in the Kounani region of the Seymareh river basin. The ancient site should be considered as one of the largest and most important Sassanian settlements in Lorestan, Iran. The present paper and accompanying photographs introduce some elements of the stucco decorations discovered at Barz Qawaleh, which constitute remarkable evidence of Sassanian art. Apart from introducing the findings from archeological, this paper offers some interpretations of the motifs and designs represented by the stuccos, some of which may be found also in materials from other Sassanian sites in Iran and Mesopotamia.

Keywords

EN

Stucco; Sassanian art; Barz Qawaleh; Lorestan; Bard Qawela; Barz-Q town; ancient Iranian art

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Uniwersytet w Siedlcach
• Journal: Historia i Świat
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 69-88

Dates

published

2017-08-08

Contributors

author

KARAMIAN Gholamreza

• Azad University, Tehran

author

FARROKH Kaveh

• University of British Columbia, Canada

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