Abstract
Despite the centuries long dominance of the Seleucids and Parthians over western Iran, and their consequent city foundations and constructions, very few traces of the Ionic architectural style have been discovered to date in the central Zagros. The available archeological finds are limited to scattered architectural remains of Ionic order in sites such as Susa and Masjed Suleiman in southwestern Iran or Nahavand and Bisotun in western Iran. The discovery of an Ionic type capital in the Islamabad-e Gharb region, near the Great Khorasan Route, supplies new information about the existence of monuments with Ionic type elements in this region. The capital, featuring a palmette between the two volutes, is more or less similar to other capitals discovered at Khorhe, Nahavand, and Qizqapan and can be attributed to the Seleucid/Parthian periods.
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For the different interpretations proposed, see also: http://iranohellenica.eie.gr/content/catalogue/kurha/documents/1869838867.
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Since the Greek language and writing has not been through many changes during the centuries and there is not big difference between its ancient form and recent form, the researchers doubt the antiquity of the grave stone. Therefore, the above mentioned grave stone could belong to a merchant from Samarra and even from the recent centuries.
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We would like to thank Mr. Abbas Razmpoush for the permission to publish some of the Information of the survey in Islamabad-e Gharb, and also Dr. Antigoni Zournatzi for bibliography regarding the Harunabad inscription (Islamabad-e Gharb) and comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript. We would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Mohsen Qasemi for permission to reproduce unpublished photos of the Qaleh Zahāk stucco in the present article.
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Alibaigi, S., Aliyari, S., Aminikhah, N. (2020). A New Ionic Type Capital from the Shiyan Plain: Tracing an Important Monument of the Seleucid/Parthian Periods Near the Khorasan High Road, Kermanshah, Western Iran. In: Niknami, KA., Hozhabri, A. (eds) Archaeology of Iran in the Historical Period. University of Tehran Science and Humanities Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41776-5_17
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