Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• hossein Tofighian

Research fellow

Abstract

The study of burial traditions is one of the most important ways to understand the religious, cultural and social structures of the Sasanian era. Despite the religious integrity and the government's compulsion regarding the spread of Zoroastrian religion's tradition of placing the dead in the open air to prevent the pollution of natural elements; Due to the vastness of the territory, environmental diversity and the presence of other religions, various traditions have emerged and expanded in the burial of the Sassanid period. The northern shores of the Persian Gulf are no exception to this rule and have great diversity in burial traditions. Stone pit burials, burial vats, stone coffins, graves covered with stone slabs and silent towers are among the most important burial traditions of the Persian Gulf region. In the archeological studies of the historical port of Najirom, new types of burial traditions of this period were identified, which have not been reported elsewhere.

In this ancient site, in addition to stone pit burials, Graveyard or Studan, and the Silent Tower, burial structures have been built using lime mortar and carcass stones in three different shapes. In the first type, it is a small platform for placing the bones of the dead as a secondary burial. The second type is a small crypt with an arched cover in which the bones of the dead were placed, and the third type is the humble crypts in which the bones were placed, and on its arched roof,were placed, and on its arched roof,

Keywords

• Burial
• Sasanian
• Persian Gulf
• Najirom
• Btaneh

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