ABSTRACT

This paper presents the results of the 2015-2017 excavations at the site of Gird-i Bazar in the Sulaymaniyah province of the Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq, where the Peshdar Plain Project excavated a Sasanian cemetery installed on the older Iron Age structures of the Dinka Settlement Complex. The characteristics of this cemetery are discussed in the framework of other Sasanian period cemeteries excavated in both Iraq and Iran. The objects from Gird-i Bazar cemetery are presented and compared to other similar items coming from graves and other contexts of the Sasanian period. Particular focus is given to a stamp seal showing a woman figure found in Grave 47, and the results of the radiocarbon analysis on a sample from the same grave, which has provided a good chronological anchor for the cemetery and the stamp seal as well. Finally, a discussion is offered as to the type of community who might have used the cemetery and its possible religious affiliation in relation to the attested presence of Christian communities in northern Mesopotamia during the Sasanian period.

摘要

本文介绍了 2015-2017 年在伊拉克库尔德自治区苏莱曼尼亚省的 Gird-i Bazar 遗址的挖掘结果，Peshdar 平原项目在那里挖掘了一个安装在丁卡人旧铁器时代结构上的萨珊公墓结算综合体。这个墓地的特点是在伊拉克和伊朗出土的其他萨珊时期墓地的框架内讨论的。展示了来自 Gird-i Bazar 公墓的物品，并将其与来自萨珊时期坟墓和其他背景的其他类似物品进行了比较。特别关注显示在 47 号坟墓中发现的女性形象的印章，以及对来自同一坟墓的样本的放射性碳分析结果，这也为墓地和印章提供了良好的时间顺序锚点。最后，