page_title: Barsom
hierarchical_section_title: Barsom
caption_attribution_description: Español: Colección de placas votivas de oro pertenecientes al Tesoro de Oxus en el Museo Británico. Londres.
context_page_description: A barsom is a ritual implement used by Zoroastrian priests to solemnize certain sacred ceremonies.
  The word barsom derives from the Avestan language baresman, which is in turn a substantive of barez "to grow high." The later form – barsom – first appears in the 9th–12th-century texts of Zoroastrian tradition, and remains in use to the present day.
  The baresman is not related to the baresnum, which is a purification ceremony. The baresman should also not be confused with the "mace", the varza. The varza is a metal rod, about one centimer in thickness, often crowned with a bull's head.
  It has been suggested that the baresman may have a Zagrosian origin.
context_section_description: A barsom /ˈbɑːrsəm/ is a ritual implement used by Zoroastrian priests to solemnize certain sacred ceremonies.
  The word barsom derives from the Avestan language baresman (trisyllabic, bar'əs'man), which is in turn a substantive of barez "to grow high." The later form – barsom – first appears in the 9th–12th-century texts of Zoroastrian tradition, and remains in use to the present day.
  The baresman is not related to the baresnum, which is a purification ceremony. The baresman should also not be confused with the "mace", the varza (Avestan, MP gurz). The varza is a metal rod, about one centimer in thickness, often crowned with a bull's head.
  It has been suggested that the baresman may have a Zagrosian origin.
caption: A 4th-century BCE depiction of a priest bearing a barsom. From the Oxus Treasure. The present-day barsom is much shorter, and made of wire.
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