ABSTRACT

Hamadan province in western Iran has always been of particular archaeological significance mainly because of its administrative centre Ecbatana, modern Hamadan. In 2005 a bas-relief dating to the Parthian period was found in the southern highlands of Alvand, in the Yakhchal valley. Recently, a second relief, very similar to the Yakhchal one, has been found at Mydan Mishan. This relief depicts a person lying on a klinè with his legs stretched out and resting his left elbow on a cushion. The figure holds a flowerlike object in his right hand and what looks like a goblet or a drinking bowl in his left hand. A comparison with other similar examples such as the relief of Heracles at Behistun and the Elymaean rock carvings of Tang-e Sarvak seems to suggest that the figure represented could be a Parthian high-ranking officer, a noble or a dignitary in a banqueting scene.

摘要

伊朗西部的哈马丹省一直具有特殊的考古意义，主要是因为其行政中心埃克巴塔纳，现代哈马丹。2005 年，在 Yakhchal 山谷的 Alvand 南部高地发现了可以追溯到帕提亚时期的浅浮雕。最近，在迈丹米山发现了与 Yakhchal 非常相似的第二个浮雕。这幅浮雕描绘了一个躺在klinè上的人双腿伸直，左肘靠在垫子上。人形右手拿着一个花状的东西，左手拿着一个看起来像高脚杯或水碗的东西。与其他类似的例子，如贝希斯顿的赫拉克勒斯浮雕和唐-埃萨尔瓦克的伊利美岩雕刻，似乎表明所代表的人物可能是帕提亚的高级官员、贵族或宴会场景中的显要人物。