NISHAN-SIGNS OF THE ARISTOCRACY OF SASANIAN IRAN
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-676X-2021-5-179-202
Abstract
Aim. The systematic analysis and identification of nishan-signs of the Sasanian shahanshahs and nobility in various aspects of their perception and usage by contemporaries and immediate descendants. Methodology. The complex of author’s methods of study of the nishan/tamga type sign systems was developed after 1995 and is internationally recognized. Results. The main features of the Sasanian nishans on the material of the Imperial nobility, as well as their proximity to the signs of the Iranian world, are defined. 22 signs of shahanshahs have been identified. The personalities of the reformers who changed the principles of usage and appearance of elite signs are clarified. Research implications. For the first time the complex of clan, family and personal emblems of the aristocracy of one of the biggest empires of the Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages has been comprehensively studied.
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