Hunting Inscriptions of the Sassanian Kings (226-637 AD) (An Analytical Study)

Abstract

  Hunting scenes created in the Sassanian era (226-637 AD) on gold and silver vessels are considered among the oldest works of art. Describing and interpreting symbolic and coded hunting images, which contain encrypted messages and information, can reveal different aspects of the political, social and religious life of this period. We will try as much as possible to study and analyze the symbolic concepts of hunting scenes in the Sassanian era in general, by relying on analyzing the components and elements used in these scenes and analyzing them scientifically in order to decode them as much as possible.