Pela vontade de Ahura Mazdā. Morte, monumentalidade e memória na necrópole aquemênida de Naqš-e Rostam

Otávio Luiz Vieira Pinto

doi:10.9789/2525-3050.2022.v7i14.295-313

Authors

Otávio Luiz Vieira Pinto Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) – Curitiba / PR, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5628-3263

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9789/2525-3050.2022.v7i14.295-313

Keywords:

Tecnologia de Memória, Monumentalização, Império Aquemênida, Naqš-e Rostam, Zoroastrismo

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to comprehend the political, religious and symbolical role of the Achaemenid tombs (6th century BCE – 4th century BCE) at the Naqš-e Rostam necropolis. The existence of these mausolea points to the fact that Achaemenid leaders decided not to follow a “zoroastrian orthodoxy” (the religion that, most likely, was professed by the Persians during this period), which demanded a funerary rite based on the excarnation of the corpse and did not foresee cremation, burial or even the construction of tombs. Thus, it is possible to argue that the tombs of Naqš-e Rostam were projected as political and propagandistic monuments and did not possessed a purely spiritual role. The analysis of this necropolis will consider the concept of technology of memory in the Iranian historical context, as proposed by Matthew Canepa; and the non-essentialist approach to Zoroastrianism, as argued by Philip Kreyenbroek. Through this investigation, it is concluded that, among the Achaemenids, the monumentalisation of death intended to create an atemporal memory of Persia authority.

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Author Biography

Otávio Luiz Vieira Pinto, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) – Curitiba / PR, Brasil

Doutor em Estudos Medievais pela University of Leeds, Reino Unido. Atualmente é professor de História da África no Departamento de História da UFPR e professor no Programa em Pós-Graduação em História da mesma instituição. CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0807844065927125

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