The
discovered relics ranging from 9th century to the 15th
century CE, as well Arsacid copper coins which assisted to reveal the fact that
the edifice is the lone non-religious edifice, said head of the excavation
group.
For
a long time it was believed that Khorheh was keeps the last remains of a
firetemple belonging to the Seleucids era, but according to the latest
discoveries, it appears to be a mansion built in the first century BCE and used
as a mansion until the end of Arsacid dynasty (224 CE).
The
mansion consists of two interior (seraglio) and exterior parts separated
completely by a door, signifying the main architectural significance of the
Arsacid dynastic era.
The
exterior part of the mansion was used for formal visits and gatherings, and
family members used to live in the interior part of the building. The edifice
was also used in the Sasanid era and later turned into a cemetery in the
Ilkhanid era.