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Search for Traces of Sargon II’s Conquest Underway in Northwestern Iran
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14 November 2006 |
LONDON, (CAIS) -- Iranian archaeologists working at Rabat Tepe near the town of Sardasht in Northwest of Iran have started new efforts to find evidence of the battle of Assyrian king Sargon II in the region.
They
began the second phase of excavations of Rabat Tepe in late October with the aim
of proving the site was the capital of the Musasir city-state about 3000 years
ago.
“We
are sure that we will find traces of the battle at the mound,” archaeological
team director Reza Heidari told the Persian service of CHN on Tuesday.
Musasir
was a semi-independent buffer state bordering Mannai between
Experts
believe that it was an ancient city probably located near the upper
According
to one inscription, Sargon first plundered the palace and storerooms that
belonged to Urzana, the king of Musasir, and then seized the even richer
contents of the
The
archaeologists have unearthed unique cobblestones as well as bricks bearing
bas-reliefs of naked winged goddesses during the previous excavations of Rabat
Tepe.
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