Barm-e Delak (Persian: برمدلک)
Sasanian, rock bas relief.
As with many Persian rock reliefs, this is located next to a spring. There are two relief carvings at the site. They are 6.5 m above the ground. The largest depicts an unidentified man with no crown either presenting a flower to a woman, or receiving one from her. Both the man and the woman have been identified by scholars as various members of the Sasanian royal family. The second relief carving is smaller and depicts King Bahrām II to the left and a high official to the right, They are separated by a deep crack and unworked stone. Bahrām II is identified by his crown with eagle wings and korymbos. His right hand is brought to his mouth in a sign of veneration. His left hand rests on the hilt of a sword. The man to the right, facing the king, is represented in a nearly identical gesture and wears a high rounded hat. He is likely a high priest.
References
- F. Sarre and E. Herzfeld, Iranische Felsreliefs, Berlin, 1910, pp. 187, 188, pl. XXXII.
- K. Erdmann, “Die sasanidischen Felsreliefs von Barm-i Dilak,” ZDMG 99, 1949, pp. 50-57.
- R. N. Frye, “The Tang-i Qandil and Barm-i Dilak Reliefs,” Bulletin of the Asia Institute of Pahlavi University 1-4, Shiraz, 1976, pp. 35-44.
- S. Matheson, Persia: An Archaeological Guide, 1976, pp. 211-212.
- E. de Waele, “Sur le bas-relief sassanide de Tang-e Qandil et la "bas-relief au couple" de Barm-i Dilak,” Revue des archéologues et historiens d’art de Louvain 11, 1978, pp. 9-32.
- V. Lukonin, “The Complex of Barm-i Dilak,” in Iran v III veke (Iran in the third century), Moscow, 1979, pp. 28-34, 110-113 (Eng. summary), figs. 10, 20, 21.
- B. Overlaet, "Flower and fire altar: fact and fiction on the Barm-i Dilak rock reliefs," Iranica Antiqua 45, 2010, pp. 337-352.
External Links
- Barm-e Delak — Wikipedia
- BARM-e DELAK — Encyclopædia Iranica
- Barm-e Delak — Sasanika
