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<< Text Pages >> Rabat Tepe - Ancient Village or Settlement in Iran

Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 16 October 2008  Page Views: 7406

Multi-periodSite Name: Rabat Tepe
Country: Iran
NOTE: This site is 111.436 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Sardasht
Latitude: 35.058100N  Longitude: 46.914600E
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Ancient Village or Settlement in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Rabat Tepe is located near the town of Sardasht in West Azarbaijan province of Iran. It is believed that hill used to be the capital of Musasir government about 3000 years ago. Before setting on the excavations the site was supposed to be something about 14 hectares, but recent excavations prove it to cover a 25-hectare area.

“The first season of excavations in the second Rabat Tepe in Rabat city led to the discovery of circled flagstones, which were never seen before in other Urartu civilization historical sites. These flagstones consist of seven intricate circles measuring 180x180 cms,” says Reza Heidari, archaeologist of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization of West Azarbaijan.

The first season of excavation in Rabat Tepe led to the discovery of winged goddesses and a naked winged goddess in the region which have attracted the attention of domestic and foreign experts and media. Such winged goddesses were always thought to have belonged to Greece.

“The flagstones are of oval river rocks put together in an artistic way and framed with bricks. This type of work has been seen in Ancient Rome and Iran. But how people of this region did learn the art is a question that needs a long term excavation and studies to be answered,” explains Heidari.

Another question experts are faced with is using colors during the first Iron Age in this historical site. Besides it is not known yet what the winged goddesses were the symbols of in this region 3000 years ago.

Source: Pendar.net

IMPORTANT NOTE: Location given is for the town of Sardasht

Note: Bas-relief of Mannaean winged man discovered in northwestern Iran, see comment
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Bas-relief of Mannaean winged man discovered in northwestern Iran by Andy B on Thursday, 16 October 2008
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A brick bearing bas-relief of a winged man was unearthed at the Rabat Tepe during the third season of excavations, which has begun at the 3000-year-old site in Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province since early October.

The brick, which dates back to the Mannaean period, measures 70x45 centimeter, said Reza Heidari, director of the team working on the site, the Persian service of CHN reported on Sunday.

The bas-relief depicts a long-beard man wearing a headband while stretching his wings. He has his hands raised in a gesture of worship, Heidari explained.

Located near the town of Sardasht, the Rabat Tepe covers an area of 60 hectares. In its higher strata, the site dates back to some time around 1000 BC. It is one of the richest archaeological sites in northwestern Iran.

The team had previously discovered bricks bearing bas-reliefs of naked winged goddesses at the site in October 2005.

The team of archaeologists working in the region believes that Rabat Tepe was the seat of government of Musasir about 3000 years ago.

Musasir was a semi-independent buffer state bordering Mannai between Assyria and Urartu. It was a vassal state of Assyria yet Urartu held some claims over it.

Experts believe that it was an ancient city probably located near the upper Great Zab River between Lake Urmia and Lake Van in Anatolia.

Musasir was particularly important during the first half of the 1st millennium BC and is known primarily for reliefs and inscriptions obtained during the reign of the Assyrian king Sargon II, who captured it in 714 BC. According to the inscriptions, Sargon first plundered the palace and storerooms that belonged to Urzana, the king of Musasir, and then seized the even richer contents of the temple of Haldi, the god of the ancient kingdom of Urartu.

The first and second seasons of excavations of the Rabat Tepe were carried out in 2005 and 2006.

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