THE INCARNATIONS OF THE GOD BAHRAM ON THE STUCCOES OF THE SASSANID PERIOD

THE INCARNATIONS OF THE GOD BAHRAM ON THE STUCCOES OF THE SASSANIAN PERIODAbstractThe stucco art of the Sassanid period is of great importance in the history of Sassanid art because this art was not only to decorate buildings but their creation was associated with religious purposes. One of the most important subjects of stucco art in the Sassanid period is the motifs of God Bahram, which are found in ancient sites such as Hajiabad, Tepe Hissar, Umm Al-Zaatar, Chal Tarkhan, Nizamabad, Tepe Mill, Kish Palace, Tell Daroz, Barz Qawaleh, Jahangir in Ivan and stucco pieces have been obtained from unknown sites. Although the study of various researchers and archaeologists on the plaster works of the Sassanid period has been done since the early 1930s, so far little research has been done on the identification of stucco plaques associated with the god Bahram. Therefore, there are still ambiguous aspects about the various incarnations of the god Bahram in the stucco art of the Sassanid period. In this article by descriptive-analytical library method, the following questions were asked: 1.Which incarnations of the god Bahram have been used on the stuccoes of the Sassanid period? 2. According to the study of stucco motifs of the Sassanid period, which incarnations of the god Bahram were more important? By studying the stucco pieces of Sassanid sites by descriptive-analytical library method, it can be said that the incarnations of God Bahram on Sassanian stucco plaques include: the Stucco plaques of rams, horned goats, boar heads, hawks, and especially hawks' wings and Stucco pieces with a combination of motifs consist of human torso with wing, winged ram, and winged horse. The windblown ribbon and the hawk's wing are the most important among the incarnations of the god Bahram.Keywords: Sassanid period, stucco art, incarnations, God Bahram,