Depictions of archery in Sassanian silver plates and their relationship to warfare
This article provides an examination of archery techniques, such as drawing techniques of the bowstring, the method of grasping the bow grip and placing the arrow, and their relationship to warfare as depicted on 22 Sassanian and early post-Sassanian silver plates. These plates provide useful infor...
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| author | Kaveh Farrokh Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani Bede Dwyer |
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This article provides an examination of archery techniques, such as drawing techniques of the bowstring, the method of grasping the bow grip and placing the arrow, and their relationship to warfare as depicted on 22 Sassanian and early post-Sassanian silver plates. These plates provide useful information on Sassanian archery equipment and techniques. These plates can be categorized into the following categories: (a) foot archery, (b) horse archery, c) dromedary archery and (d) elephant archery. All plates examined in this study depicting these categories are in a hunting milieu. The largest proportion of plates pertain to horse archery which in turn can be classified into four combat subsets: forward-facing horse archery, the backward-firing Parthian shot, horse archery with stirrups, and horse archery while appearing to ride backwards.
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| spelling | doaj.art-3e2ee26ffe784c9490cd4e1d18f14a7f2023-03-06T15:09:47ZengUniversidad de LeónRevista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas2174-07472018-09-0113210.18002/rama.v13i2.53704809Depictions of archery in Sassanian silver plates and their relationship to warfareKaveh Farrokh0Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani1Bede Dwyer2University of British ColumbiaRazmafzar OrganizationRazmafzar Organization This article provides an examination of archery techniques, such as drawing techniques of the bowstring, the method of grasping the bow grip and placing the arrow, and their relationship to warfare as depicted on 22 Sassanian and early post-Sassanian silver plates. These plates provide useful information on Sassanian archery equipment and techniques. These plates can be categorized into the following categories: (a) foot archery, (b) horse archery, c) dromedary archery and (d) elephant archery. All plates examined in this study depicting these categories are in a hunting milieu. The largest proportion of plates pertain to horse archery which in turn can be classified into four combat subsets: forward-facing horse archery, the backward-firing Parthian shot, horse archery with stirrups, and horse archery while appearing to ride backwards. https://revpubli.unileon.es/index.php/artesmarciales/article/view/5370Martial artsPersian martial artshistorical martial artsSassanian bowarcherycomposite bow |
| spellingShingle | Kaveh Farrokh Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani Bede Dwyer Depictions of archery in Sassanian silver plates and their relationship to warfare Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas Martial arts Persian martial arts historical martial arts Sassanian bow archery composite bow |
| title | Depictions of archery in Sassanian silver plates and their relationship to warfare |
| title_full | Depictions of archery in Sassanian silver plates and their relationship to warfare |
| title_fullStr | Depictions of archery in Sassanian silver plates and their relationship to warfare |
| title_full_unstemmed | Depictions of archery in Sassanian silver plates and their relationship to warfare |
| title_short | Depictions of archery in Sassanian silver plates and their relationship to warfare |
| title_sort | depictions of archery in sassanian silver plates and their relationship to warfare |
| topic | Martial arts Persian martial arts historical martial arts Sassanian bow archery composite bow |
| url | https://revpubli.unileon.es/index.php/artesmarciales/article/view/5370 |
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