L'iconographie et le statut de femmes sur les bas-reliefs sassanides (224-651 apr. J.-C.)

Abstract

So far, more than forty Sasanian bas-reliefs have been discovered in numerous archaeological sites. Among them, eleven bas-reliefs in seven archaeological sites represent women on them. In this article, the eleven bas-reliefs and the women's images and their characteristics in different scenes have been analyzed and studied. It can be concluded that women on these bas-reliefs have been represented in the social-cultural fields, such as in the royal family or as goddesses, musicians, etc. Most of the female characters on the bas-reliefs belong to the upper classes of the Iranian society. © 2020 Copyright 2020 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.