Korymbos (headgear)

The Korymbos (Greek: Kόρυμβος, Latin: Corymbus; both meaning "cluster" or "uppermost points")[1] was a jewel-studded globe containing the top hair of the ruler of the Sasanian dynasty of Iran, resting on his crown. It was introduced by Ardashir I (r. 224–242).[2] The art historian Matthew P. Canepa notes that although the Greek word Korymbos or Latin Corymbus has become a scholarly convention to refer to the spherical shape on the top of Sasanian crowns, it is not an indigenous Iranian term.[1]

Coin of Ardashir I

References

1. Canepa 2009, p. 324 (note 33).
2. Shahbazi 2005.

Sources

• Canepa, Matthew P. (2009). The Two Eyes of the Earth: Art and Ritual of Kingship Between Rome and Sasanian Iran. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520257276.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Shahbazi, A. Shapur (2005). "Sasanian dynasty". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)