The study of reliefs upon Luristan’s bronze Maces and Axes according to the best found examples in the Falak-Ol-Aflak museum in Khoram Abad
Masoud Teimouri, Mahdi Yeganehfard
Published online: 2019
Abstract
In this research, Luristan's bronze weapons were investigated by the descriptive-analytical method and considered decorative aspects and functional. Based on the research's fundamental questions, mythological and religious beliefs are the most important decoration of Bronze weapons which reflect beliefs a nomadic ethnic moved back and forth in valleys and altitudes for constant centuries. Additionally, it should be noted that religious and cultural effects during the five centuries Kassites' domination in Babylon and the inspiration of Mesopotamia have appeared in bronze reliefs. By considering the research examples, it can be said that plant and animal reliefs were in priority on bronze weapons and tools and had more popularity for bronze instructors. The analysis of Luristan's bronze weapons reliefs and the impact on the Achaemenid and Parthian's weapons are likely to be the crucial findings of this research that open a new pathway to be done in future more research.