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UPDATE: Discovery of an Achaemenid-Persepolitan Architectural Style in Sorvan
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08 February 2008 |
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Achaemenid Sorvan Palace - Pictures CAIS Image Archive, and courtesy of Persian service of ISNA (Click to enlarge) |
LONDON,
(CAIS) -- In
the second season of excavations in the historical site of Achaemenid Sorvan in
Nurabad, Mamasani, of Fars province in Southern Iran, a restricted amount of
remains of a columned Ayvan and a hall and its stairway, were discovered;
this is one of the ten largest buildings having a structure similar to
Persepolis.
According
to the cultural heritage reporter of Persian service of ISNA (Iranian Students'
News Agency), the Iranian chief of the excavation site in this area, confirming
the above news, said: “the excavations have been going on from month of Day
(January) and has reached a porch and a columned hall and stairway belonging to
a large building”. He added: “this Achaemenid building has huge columns with
a base about one meter thick. The styles of columns are the same as the
Persepolis columns. The dimensions are similar to columns of Hall of One Hundred
Columns of Persepolis.”
According
to this report, there are traces of lotus flowers on the base of columns and the
colour of the columns are the same as the Persepolis columns.
He
pointed out to the fact that the discovery of this building has created several
questions and said: “the exact date of Achaemenid period in which the building
was erected is not yet clear. The building could be one of the buildings of the
famous Lidoma city, which has been mentioned in Persepolis plates.”
The
excavations in this are is carried out under the supervision of Ali Reza Asgari,
from the archaeology research centre and Daniel Potts from the Australian Sydney
University.
The
joint team of Iranian archaeology research centre and the Australian Sydney
University, began the excavations from 2003 in Mamasani region in Fars province.
The outcome of excavations of this stage is the discovery of 51 historical sites
in Rostam I and II plains, 25 historical sites in Nurabad and 16 other in Espid
Tappeh. The dates were verified by radioactive process and give valuable
information regarding the settlements in the sixth millennium BCE to year 50 CE
in
this region.
Asgari
said: “the second phase of excavations started in 2007 and was planned to
continue the explorations done in the previous stage.”
He
added: “at this stage the excavations were concentrated in Achaemenid
historical zones. These zones have different names such as Qal'e Koli, Sorvan,
and Jinjan. The discoveries in this region open the path to an understanding of
the Achaemenid studies in South and South-West Iran.
Ernst
Hertzfeld first discovered this area in 1924 and called it Jinjan. In 1935,
Stein mentions the villages in this region by the name Jinjan. The first
archaeological research in this area were carried out by an Iranian-Japanese
archaeological team in 1959, during which a column-base coloured in grey was
found, having lotus figures on its top.
Asgari
pointed out that the remains of a large building with columns in this region,
along with numerous stone made pots, similar to those found in Persepolis area
suggest that maybe as Herodotus has said, the Royal Road passed by this area --
or as Hertzfeld and Stein had suggested this area could have been a caravanserai
on the way to Susa. Some have also suggested that this place could have been a
depot for collecting and storing the tax of the region.
The
Iranian supervisor of the archaeology team insisted: Although it is speculated
that the functions of this place is similar to that of a region called Borazjan,
but it is too early to conclude anything about the Jinjan region. It is true
that large collection depots were numerous in this region, including the one in
Borazjan, but more studies should be carried out in Jinjan region.
He
corrected his last year statements according to which he had said that the
building discovered in this region was the fourth in its kind and said:
“considering the building discovered from the Achaemenid period, this is the
tenth building of its kind which belongs to this period.”
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