Burial in the Ashkan period
In the east of the Parthian land, in places like Nesa and Sogd, clay pots were used for burying the dead..
Russian explorers have also reported grave temples in Nasa. In the west of the Parthian land, dead bodies are buried in the wall and floor The adobe house was common. The bodies of children were placed in a small pot or pot and buried. Clay and wooden coffins as well were used. Family graves were used in Seleucia where the bodies were placed in tub-like coffins. AtSquare buildings were used to bury the dead.
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Towers like Zoroastrian Tower of Silence and underground tombs were used in Palmyra. in ShushtarCrypt graves and coffins were used, and coffins were used in Susa. Three burial models in KangavarCoffins, crypt graves, and crypt graves are used. Mughan plain was used as a pot grave. In Taq ParkBostan also found a vast cemetery with potted graves. In Hamedan, there are many tombs and coffins Discovered. In Marivan cemetery, many pot graves have been found around the lake.
Summary :
Ashkanians used to bury their bodies and put things next to them
Sometimes people were buried individually and sometimes collectively
They did not observe a specific direction for burying the bodies
The things that were left next to the corpses were related to the daily life of the deceased
The things given to the corpse were mostly placed next to the coffin
The bodies were placed in coffins, in the soil, and in stone graves
The corpses were buried both stretched and gathered and in an open vault
taken Iran Atlas