The Exquisite Art of Engraving in Ancient Iran: Dorri and Silver Plates Featuring Sasanian Kings on Display at the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg! +Photos

Tuesday, October 07, 2025

SAEDNEWS: Fereydun struck the head of Biyur-asb (Zahhāk) with a bent mace, then took him to Mount Damavand, bound his hands and arms tightly, and threw him into a deep pit. He also decreed that the day of Mehr in the month of Mehr should be celebrated as a festival—this is what we now know as the Mehrgan celebration.

The Exquisite Art of Engraving in Ancient Iran: Dorri and Silver Plates Featuring Sasanian Kings on Display at the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg! +Photos

According to the History and Culture Service of Saed News, take a look at the douri (decorative medallion) or dis of Simin from the Sasanian Empire of Iran.

Depiction of the King: Khosrow I (Khosrow the Victorious), Sasanian Emperor


Size: 24.6 mm
Description: The medallion shows Emperor Khosrow I wearing a winged crown and royal attire, standing in a hunting scene with a bow in hand, targeting a ram.

Border Decoration: Around the perimeter of the medallion, human heads alternate with boar heads in a repeating pattern.

Current Location: The Hermitage Museum, Russia
Provenance: Transferred to the Hermitage from the local museum in Cherdim in 1936

Place of Discovery: Perm region, Aral area, Soviet Union, in 1936, uncovered during agricultural plowing.