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B155 - Antique Achaemenid hunting -
PHILHELM Philhelm
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A few words about the Achaemenid civilization to locate the subject in time: The Achaemenid Empire (Old Persian Haxâmanishiya) (c. 550–330 B.C.), known as the first Persian Empire, We come to the theme of the painting: The royal hunt, it is surely the favorite hobby of kings and princes. It has indeed the advantage of being a good physical preparation for the young noble, and an event in which he can show his courage, his skill and power (the first line is reserved). Hunting is practiced in “pairidaeza”, parks closed wide area: in fact, the word for "having a fence on all sides." These gardens are both places of recreation and leisure, developed by horticulturists, and vast game reserves. Hunting techniques are varied: on foot, on horseback, by chariot, using the sword, the bow, the javelin, or the net. The fight of the lion with the man: Such a presentation of conflict is consistent with the image of the lion as the most powerful animal, and its dominance means the transfer of its strength to man. Note, however, that among the Assyrians, for example, the palaces are decorated with hunting scenes cruel; in Achaemenid, we often find peaceful processions of people dependent or majestic lions without apparent expression of ferocity, like the city of Suse.
Let's check the iconographic details: we have a Neo-Elamite rider shooting an arrow A Tree of Life, a lion fighting, a new Tree of Life, a monster deified, seen as a stranger among the Egyptian God, because from Arabia, it is "Bes", sometimes represented lifting and strangling two red deer, to get their wood for an apotropaic reason, function still used today by some shamans to deflect danger and protect their sponsors. Follows a new Tree of Life, you will notice the wide variety of them! Comes a new Neo-Elamite rider with a spear against a lion fighting, followed by a second more peaceful. Then we find a single plant with its root. Then a female anthropomorphic scorpion, one last Tree of Life, another anthropomorphic male bird royal appearance. Recall that in Mesopotamia, when we find two characters in front of a Tree of Life is to signify their desire to achieve or acquire immortality. To complete the loop, we find a lotus bud which differs from the Egyptian symbol always presenting the flower or the whole plant. Leave the edge to move towards the center across a marine space with a sacred symbol in a diamond shape, especially in the recurring glyptic of the time, but whose meaning was never really solved, sometimes referred to as the eye God sees everything. A fish, which as you know is for the Mesopotamian origin of humanity. The heart of the table ends up with six Assyrian birds.
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