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Neo-Assyrian model of diadem (1)

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02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs



 		Keywords
garments
kings
Period
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Achaemenid Empire 		Channel
Iranian culture

Text
The diadem, a band wrapped around the head, could be worn with either the crenellated crown or the tiara. The Neo-Assyrian kings of 9th-7th centuries BCE had worn the diadem in combination with a tall hat resembling the fez and the crown princes the diadem alone. The Achaemenids probably borrowed this practice from them. Later Alexander adopted from all the features of the Persian royal crown only the diadem, perhaps under Babylonian influence.

Bibliography

Calmeyer 1993, 408Calmeyer, P. “Crown, I. In the Median and Achaemenid periods.” Encyclopaedia Iranica 6 (1993) 407-408. [Encyclopaedia Iranica]

Andrea Piras


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