Anadolu Akhaemanid Dönemi plastik eserleri

The Persians ruled in whole of Anatolia since 546 B.C. Their hegemony came to an end in 334 B.C. when Alexander the Great entered Anatolia through the Dardanelles and defeated the Persians. The Persians lived together with the Anatolians more than 200 years so "hybrid" sculptural works appeared in Anatolia. Those Funeral sculptures are seen as scenes from ekphora, banquet, hunting, battle, religious ceremonies and audience. Of the scenes, banquet, battle and hunting were seen on Anatolian funeral iconography before the Persian had been in Anatolia. On the other hand the descriptions of audience and religious ceremony done by Magi are the ones introduced to Anatolia by Persian rule. The ekphora has a different position among the descriptions since it hasn't been used out of Anatolia. Probably it is originated in Phrygia. All of the themes used in Anatolian-Persian funeral iconography are for to exalt the dead and to express his social and political status during his life. Anatolian-Persian iconography is seen on different works of art such as gravestones, sarcophagi and monumental graves. These typilogical differences are due to the regions where the works are found and naturally they reflect the funeral traditions of each region. For instance the registered steles found in Daskyleion and its environs have a development on forms and style amongst themselves. Since they have a few inscriptions on it isn't strictly clear for whom those works with the Persian details were created. However according to the recent datas it's sure that they were for indigenous Anatolians who were in favor with the Persians and those who came to Anatolia with the Persians and the Persians themselves.