Wednesday,
23 May 2001
TEHRAN
-- A 2000-year-old ceramic coffin, which belongs
to Parthians era was discovered at one of the old
districts of Hamedan Province, western Iran, on
Monday.
The
Director General of Hamedan Cultural Heritage
Organization (CHO), Habibollah Rashid Beigi, said
that the coffin had been found during an
excavation at the yard of a house located around
Hamedan's Abu Ali Sina Hospital.
The
discovered coffin was transferred to CHO
laboratory of Hamedan Province by experts, in
order to be repaired and renovated, he added.
Rashid
Beigi also said that the coffin was made of coarse
ceramic without being enameled, measures 1.95cm by
48cm and is 25cm height.
He
added that the coffin has been shaped like a human
body except that it was broader at higher part and
narrower at lower part. He
mentioned that the only part of an artificial
human forearm made of an unknown material had been
found in the coffin.
Several
ceramic coffins and ancient graves have been
previously discovered at various districts of
Hamedan, pointing to the vast area and the great
population of Hamedan during different pre-Islamic
periods, especially during the reign of Parthian
dynasty.
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