TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF PARTHIAN POTTERY OF SANG-E SHIR CEMETERY, HAMEDAN- WESTERN IRAN (Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad University Abhar Branch)

Abstract

Sang-e Shir area is located in the east of the city of Hamedan. To the northeast of this area, there is a vast cemetery on a natural hill; stone lion statue is located on the highest point to the southwest. This cemetery was visited by Ali Akbar Sarfaraz in 1966, and later, in 1974-75 by Masoud Azarnoush as a result of which Achaemenid, Seleucid?, Parthian and Islamic graves were excavated. In this article, the Parthian potteries found in this cemetery were the subject of study, typological analysis, comparison and contrast, which led to the identification of Common, Clinky and Glazed pottery categories. Comparative study investigation indicated that these potteries are similar to the Parthian potteries of central Mesopotamia, west, southwest, and northwest of Iran. Based on the analysis, the pottery set found in Sang-e Shir Cemetery of Hamedan can be dated to the early and middle Parthian period.