MINARDI, Michele; BETTS, Alison; GRENET, Frantz; KHASHIMOV, Stanislav; KHODZHANIYAZOV, Ghairat

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MINARDI, Michele
Ausonius-Institut de recherche sur l'Antiquité et le Moyen âge

BETTS, Alison
The University of Sydney

GRENET, Frantz
Archéologie et Philologie d'Orient et d'Occident [AOROC]
Collège de France - Chaire Histoire et cultures de l'Asie centrale préislamique
Hellénismes d’Asie et civilisations orientales

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L'Orient est son jardin: hommage à Rémy Boucharlat. 2018, vol. 58, p. 306-324

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Resumen en inglés

Akchakhan-kala, a major royal centre of Ancient Chorasmia, is now well known for its remarkable wall paintings. This paper discusses a wholly new form of image, that of a well-preserved and finely rendered recumbent ibex found in Area 10, the "Ceremonial Complex" of the site. Other recently discovered wall paintings in Area 10 are of clearly Zoroastrian character, and the ibex should now also be considered in this light. It is suggested that it may represent Verethraghna/Wahrām, the Avestan god of Victory. The image finds its best parallels in Achaemenid art, looking back to a much earlier artistic legacy.< Leer menos

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Ancient Chorasmia Akchakhan-kala wall paintings conservation Achaemenid legacy Avesta Wahrām

Ancient Chorasmia

Akchakhan-kala

wall paintings

conservation

Achaemenid legacy

Avesta

Wahrām

Orígen

Importado de Hal

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Ausonius - UMR 5607