چکیده:
Characterology of individuals in Sassanian memorial artwork involves benefits from the simultaneous use of detailed
historical information and archaeological evidence. In the present paper, the identity of the Iranian nobleman, who seems to be leading
the captive Roman Caesar towards the King, Ardashir in the rock relief of Darabgerd, has been challenged. For this reason, investigating
the governmental structure of the Sassanid dynasty, the hierarchy of the ranks, the temporary confusion about the existence and
function of some positions, as well as the equivalent terms representing them are unavoidable. The historical content of Darabgerd
rock relief, displaying Ardashir I’s victory over the Romans, has shifted the authors’ mentality in identifying the mentioned figure onto
a military high rank. Therefore, differing with Hinz (2006:206-207), who has attributed this figure to “Bidaxš of Shapur”, a character
whom he believes to be the commander of the armed forces, the authors insist on attributing this figure to “Pāpak Hazārpat” as the
commander of the royal guard. A historical approach, conducted as a comparative study of the historical narratives associated with the
functional domain of the ranks of “Bidaxš”, “Hazārpat”, “Sepahbad” and “Asbbad” with the positions of the above-mentioned ranks
in inscriptional evidence of Shapur I in the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht (meaning the Cube of Zoroaster) and Nerseh at Pāikuli and also the
comparative picturology among some Sassanian memorial artwork, has attempted to explicate this ascription.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Characterology of the Iranian Commander in front of the Emperor in the Rock Relief of Darabgerd Sorour Khorashadi Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Iran Seyed Mehdi Mousavi Kouhpar Tarbiat Modares University, Iran Javad Neyestani Tarbiat Modares University, Iran Seyed Rasoul Mousavi Haji University of Mazandaran, Iran Received: June 10, 2016 Accepted: December 2, 2016 Characterology of individuals in Sassanian memorial artwork involves benefits from the simultaneous use of detailed historical information and archaeological evidence.
A historical approach, conducted as a comparative study of the historical narratives associated with the functional domain of the ranks of "Bidaxš", "Hazārpat", "Sepahbad" and "Asbbad" with the positions of the above-mentioned ranks in inscriptional evidence of Shapur I in the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht (meaning the Cube of Zoroaster) and Nerseh at Pāikuli and also the comparative picturology among some Sassanian memorial artwork, has attempted to explicate this ascription Abstract: .
However, referring to the historical narratives associated with the functional domain of the ranks of Bidaxš and Hazārpat, the position of the mentioned ranks in inscriptional evidence and also the comparative pictureology, the authors state their personal perceptions about the identity of the discussed figure.
The rock relief of Shapur I at Bishapur (Girshman 1976) Contrary to Hinz's (1969) view discussed in the beginning lines of this paper, it seems very unlikely that in those wars depicted in Darabgerd rock relief, the Bidaxš was the commander of the armed forces; according to the historical narratives, from 237 ad onward, the commandership of the Iranian corps has been undertaken by Shapur, Ardashir's son (Lukonin 1969).