The Ossuaries (Bone-receptacles of Zoroastrians) Unearthed in Chinese Turkestan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9323141 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Etsuko KAGEYAMA (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-89 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-5219 • E-ISSN: 1884-1406 |
| Publisher | The Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5356/jorient.40.73 |
| OpenAlex | W35707482 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 3 |
The purpose of this article is to show that four receptacles unearthed in Chinese Turkestan (Turfan, Karashahr and Jimsa) are ossuaries. Ossuaries are particular bone-receptacles of Zoroastrians, in which human bones were kept after they had been cleansed of flesh; they have hitherto been discovered almost exclusively in Khwarazm, Merv, Sogdiana and Semirechye. On the basis of L. V. Pavchinskaja's recent study, this article attempts to identify the four receptacles found in Chinese Turkestan as Sogdian ossuaries and to date them to the second half of the seventh and the first half of the eighth centuries. These ossuaries prove that Sogdians kept their funeral rites even after their settlements in Chinese Turkestan and confirm the accounts in ancient Chinese chronicles that Zoroastrianism was popular in Chinese Turkestan
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.84 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2018 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |