Sajjad Alibaigi
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 934653 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Sajjad Alibaigi |
| NOMBRES | Sajjad |
| APELLIDO | Alibaigi |
| FIRMA | ALIBAIGI S |
| AFILIACIONES | Razi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8258-7436 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Dung Temper in Neolithic Pottery of the Eastern Fertile Crescent as an Indicator of Animal Domestication
Since the early 7th millennium BC, when ceramics had become widespread in the Eastern Fertile Crescent, specifically in central valleys and the western foothills of the Zagros, they were tempered exclusively with organic plant remains. Here, we outline the findings of the study of this temper using microscopic technological analysis, X-ray tomography and spherulite analysis, upholding the suggestion that dung was present in the paste. The samples…
Dung Temper in Neolithic Pottery of the Eastern Fertile Crescent as an Indicator of Animal Domestication
С начала VII тыс. до н.э., когда керамика получила повсеместное распространение на территории восточной части Плодородного Полумесяца — в центральных долинах и западных предгорьях Загроса, — она содержала исключительно органическую растительную примесь. В настоящей работе эта примесь была изучена с помощью микроскопического технологического анализа, рентгеновской томографии и сферулитного анализа, в результате чего подтверждено предположение о ее…
An Inscribed Kassite Weight from Kermānšāh Province, Western Iran
A Babylonian inscription found in western Iran is written in the name of an official of the Kassite king Šagarakti-Šuriaš (1245–1233 B.C.). It provides the first contemporary evidence for the parentage of this king and supplements archival testimony to push back the known presence of the Babylonian province system in the Zagros by about half a century
Sargon II in the Mahidasht
The eastward expansion of Assyria, richly narrated in official inscriptions and supported by corollary materials such as letters from the royal correspondence and oracular enquiries, remains in archaeological terms hugely under-explored. Over the past few years, however, this has begun to change and a succession of recent discoveries is starting to give us an increasingly more detailed picture of the imprint of Assyrian rule in this sector of the…
The Bamu Stela, Shahr-i Fadak, and Tapeh Shaho
The reliefs and stelae created in the area stretching from Rania in Iraqi Kurdistan to Sar Pol-e Zahab in Iran are among the outstanding cultural materials of the late 3rd and early 2nd millennium b.c., supplementing the information in cuneiform texts for telling the story of important political and military events in the region. Based on the concentration of these reliefs on the northern side of the present-day city of Sar Pol-e Zahab and the pi…
Tapeh Tyalineh
The Mahidasht region is a vital cultural sphere on the Great Khorasan Road that has provided substantial evidence for administrative activity, which is considered to be an indicator of economic and political complexity in late prehistoric societies. This article discusses a corpus of bureaucratic artefacts from the site of Tapeh Tyalineh in the Kouzaran plain in the north of Mahidasht, including 52 jar sealings and 12 door sealings. The artefacts…
A Survey on the Geological Origin of the Stele of the Assyrian King Sargon II from Quwakh Tapeh, Kermanshah, Western Iran
In the recent excavations of Quwakh Tapeh, located forty-five kilometers west of Kermanshah in the Mahidasht Plain in western Iran, two fragments were discovered of an Assyrian royal stele belonging to the end of the eighth century BCE and erected on the site following the attack of the Assyrian king Sargon II (722–705 BCE). Considering the high quality of the material, a dolostone, as well as the high quality of the carving of both the relief an…
Daya Cave
In the winter of 2021, a previously unknown and almost inaccessible cave called Aškawt-i Daya was discovered in the heart of Bakhakuh Mountain in the west central Zagros Mountains of Iran. An exceptional feature of the cave is its collection of paintings on the walls and ceiling with animal and human motifs, rendered in black pigment, both singly and in groups involved in scenes of hunting and slaughter. As with other rock paintings in Iran, esta…
Rock Mortars of Sar Pol-e Zahab in their Archaeological Contexts
During the 2016 archaeological survey in the Sar Pol-e Zahab region, in the border zone between Mesopotamia lowland and Iranian highland, a number of rock mortars were discovered on the edges of seven ancient sites. Owing to its climate and topography and its winter pastures, this region has long been favoured by nomads, and numerous remains of nomadic activities survive. The sites in question are small settlements that have been attributed to no…
Clues to the Presence of an Assyrian Administration in the Mahidasht Plain, Kermanshah, Iran
Large sculpted circular door sockets are a characteristic feature of Neo-Assyrian monumental architecture and have been found in palaces, temples, and admin- istrative centers both at core imperial sites such as Khorsabad and Nimrud and at provincial capitals such as Till-Barsib, Arslan-Tash, and Ziyaret Tepe. In the case of Iran, although the Assyrians controlled significant parts of the country, especially in the eighth century Bce, research in…
Bampur 14
South-eastern Iran flourished during the Bronze Age and several important settlements from this period have been excavated. Few contemporaneous cemeteries, however, have been investigated. Excavations at Bampur 14 have revealed 10 graves dating from the late fourth to early second millennium BC. Finds include a copper-bronze seal and a stone column, demonstrating connections with north-eastern Iran and Central Asia
Ancient Metalworking Sites in the Landscape of Kuhdasht and Presenting a Predictive Model for Central Zagros
Ancient Metalworking Sites in the Landscape of Kuhdasht and Presenting a Predictive Model for Central Zagros
The Formation of Early Neolithic Communities in the Central Zagros
Communal buildings have been reported from a number of early Neolithic sites from the Levant and Anatolia, but none were known from the central Zagros. Here we report on the recent excavations at Asiab, Kermanshah province, Iran, and argue that the principal feature found during Robert Braidwood’s excavation at the site in 1960 should be interpreted as an example of a communal building. We discuss the results of the previous and recent excavation…
The Archaeological Landscape of the Neolithic Period in the Western Foothills of the Zagros Mountains
A recent survey in the western foothills of the Zagros Mountains has located five new Neolithic sites. We present here the occupational features and finds of this period in the Sar Pol-e Zahāb region, along with an interpretation of their distribution and associated settlement patterns. Our research indicates that the visible distribution of Neolithic sites is highly influenced by geomorphological factors. All sites are located on natural outcrop…
Longitude 45° East
The Gawri Wall
Bikni, Bīt-ṭābti, and uqnū
The Stele of Sarab-e Sey Khan
Recent surveys on the eastern hillsides of Bamou Mountain near the current frontiers of Iran and Iraq have led to the discovery of an ancient broken stele in the area of the Sarab-e Sey (Seyed) Khan spring. The stele was made from a large slab of limestone that was broken and of which only two fragments have been recovered so far. The remaining pieces of the stele had a full-size image of a person in a long robe holding a crook in his right hand,…
Najafabad, Sargon II’s Stele, and Mount Urattus
In 1965, a very important discovery took place in Najafabad village in Asadabad district, located in western Iran: the find of a monumental stele of Sargon II dating to his campaign into the central Zagros in 716 B.C. This article examines the questions of where the stele was exactly found and where it had been originally erected. It shows that the stele was made of local limestone and that the mound at Najafabad contained an Iron Age settlement.…
The Late Sasanian Treasury of Qouri Qaleh Cave
Due to the small amount of evidence and artefacts associated with the cult of Mithraism, the study of this topic is a very complex issue. According to the current archaeological data, it would seem that evidence of Mithraism in Iran is often manifested in caves and in most cases as symbolic illustrations of Mithra on artefacts. The discovery of silver vessels related to late Sasanian period, in Qouri Qaleh near Paveh, decorated with a hawk catchi…
In Search of ḪArḫar (The Neo-Assyrian Kar-Šarrukin) in the Central Zargos Mountains, Western Iran
From the reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC) until Ashurbanipal (668-627) numerous locations and fortresses in western Iran are mentioned in the Assyrian sources. According to these inscriptions the major fortress was Ḫarḫar, located alongside the Great Khorasan Road. After the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III (744-727) significant political changes occurred in the central western Zagros, and in the reign of Sargon II (726-705) Ḫarḫar was turned i…
Some Socio-Economic Evidence from Iron Age Societies of the Iranian Central Plateau
The Iron Age communities of the Iranian Central Plateau have often been thought of as comprising nomadic pastoralist groups that lack organised political and administrative institutions, a conclusion largely based on the small number of settlement sites. New data obtained from excavations at settlement sites dating to this period are, however, demonstrating the existence of socio-economic and political institutions in well-organised communities. …
Early villages and prehistoric sites in the Abharroud Basin, northwest of the Iranian Central Plateau
The Abharroud basin is an important region in archaeological studies of the northwestern outskirts of the central plateau, and the west and northwest of Iran. Considering its environmental capabilities and geographical location, studying the region can leads us to a better understanding of regional relations and also inter-regional interaction between the cultural-geographical regions. During the two seasons of archaeological survey, 257 archaeol…
The Formation of Early Neolithic Communities in the Central Zagros
Communal buildings have been reported from a number of early Neolithic sites from the Levant and Anatolia, but none were known from the central Zagros. Here we report on the recent excavations at Asiab, Kermanshah province, Iran, and argue that the principal feature found during Robert Braidwood’s excavation at the site in 1960 should be interpreted as an example of a communal building. We discuss the results of the previous and recent excavation…
The Stele of Sarab-e Sey Khan
Recent surveys on the eastern hillsides of Bamou Mountain near the current frontiers of Iran and Iraq have led to the discovery of an ancient broken stele in the area of the Sarab-e Sey (Seyed) Khan spring. The stele was made from a large slab of limestone that was broken and of which only two fragments have been recovered so far. The remaining pieces of the stele had a full-size image of a person in a long robe holding a crook in his right hand,…
Some Socio-Economic Evidence from Iron Age Societies of the Iranian Central Plateau
The Iron Age communities of the Iranian Central Plateau have often been thought of as comprising nomadic pastoralist groups that lack organised political and administrative institutions, a conclusion largely based on the small number of settlement sites. New data obtained from excavations at settlement sites dating to this period are, however, demonstrating the existence of socio-economic and political institutions in well-organised communities. …
Tapeh Tyalineh
The Mahidasht region is a vital cultural sphere on the Great Khorasan Road that has provided substantial evidence for administrative activity, which is considered to be an indicator of economic and political complexity in late prehistoric societies. This article discusses a corpus of bureaucratic artefacts from the site of Tapeh Tyalineh in the Kouzaran plain in the north of Mahidasht, including 52 jar sealings and 12 door sealings. The artefacts…
Early villages and prehistoric sites in the Abharroud Basin, northwest of the Iranian Central Plateau
The Abharroud basin is an important region in archaeological studies of the northwestern outskirts of the central plateau, and the west and northwest of Iran. Considering its environmental capabilities and geographical location, studying the region can leads us to a better understanding of regional relations and also inter-regional interaction between the cultural-geographical regions. During the two seasons of archaeological survey, 257 archaeol…
Some Socio-Economic Evidence from Iron Age Societies of the Iranian Central Plateau
The Iron Age communities of the Iranian Central Plateau have often been thought of as comprising nomadic pastoralist groups that lack organised political and administrative institutions, a conclusion largely based on the small number of settlement sites. New data obtained from excavations at settlement sites dating to this period are, however, demonstrating the existence of socio-economic and political institutions in well-organised communities. …
In Search of ḪArḫar (The Neo-Assyrian Kar-Šarrukin) in the Central Zargos Mountains, Western Iran
From the reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC) until Ashurbanipal (668-627) numerous locations and fortresses in western Iran are mentioned in the Assyrian sources. According to these inscriptions the major fortress was Ḫarḫar, located alongside the Great Khorasan Road. After the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III (744-727) significant political changes occurred in the central western Zagros, and in the reign of Sargon II (726-705) Ḫarḫar was turned i…
Najafabad, Sargon II’s Stele, and Mount Urattus
In 1965, a very important discovery took place in Najafabad village in Asadabad district, located in western Iran: the find of a monumental stele of Sargon II dating to his campaign into the central Zagros in 716 B.C. This article examines the questions of where the stele was exactly found and where it had been originally erected. It shows that the stele was made of local limestone and that the mound at Najafabad contained an Iron Age settlement.…
The Late Sasanian Treasury of Qouri Qaleh Cave
Due to the small amount of evidence and artefacts associated with the cult of Mithraism, the study of this topic is a very complex issue. According to the current archaeological data, it would seem that evidence of Mithraism in Iran is often manifested in caves and in most cases as symbolic illustrations of Mithra on artefacts. The discovery of silver vessels related to late Sasanian period, in Qouri Qaleh near Paveh, decorated with a hawk catchi…
Bikni, Bīt-ṭābti, and uqnū
The Stele of Sarab-e Sey Khan
Recent surveys on the eastern hillsides of Bamou Mountain near the current frontiers of Iran and Iraq have led to the discovery of an ancient broken stele in the area of the Sarab-e Sey (Seyed) Khan spring. The stele was made from a large slab of limestone that was broken and of which only two fragments have been recovered so far. The remaining pieces of the stele had a full-size image of a person in a long robe holding a crook in his right hand,…
The Gawri Wall
The Archaeological Landscape of the Neolithic Period in the Western Foothills of the Zagros Mountains
A recent survey in the western foothills of the Zagros Mountains has located five new Neolithic sites. We present here the occupational features and finds of this period in the Sar Pol-e Zahāb region, along with an interpretation of their distribution and associated settlement patterns. Our research indicates that the visible distribution of Neolithic sites is highly influenced by geomorphological factors. All sites are located on natural outcrop…
Longitude 45° East
Ancient Metalworking Sites in the Landscape of Kuhdasht and Presenting a Predictive Model for Central Zagros
Ancient Metalworking Sites in the Landscape of Kuhdasht and Presenting a Predictive Model for Central Zagros
The Formation of Early Neolithic Communities in the Central Zagros
Communal buildings have been reported from a number of early Neolithic sites from the Levant and Anatolia, but none were known from the central Zagros. Here we report on the recent excavations at Asiab, Kermanshah province, Iran, and argue that the principal feature found during Robert Braidwood’s excavation at the site in 1960 should be interpreted as an example of a communal building. We discuss the results of the previous and recent excavation…
Rock Mortars of Sar Pol-e Zahab in their Archaeological Contexts
During the 2016 archaeological survey in the Sar Pol-e Zahab region, in the border zone between Mesopotamia lowland and Iranian highland, a number of rock mortars were discovered on the edges of seven ancient sites. Owing to its climate and topography and its winter pastures, this region has long been favoured by nomads, and numerous remains of nomadic activities survive. The sites in question are small settlements that have been attributed to no…
Clues to the Presence of an Assyrian Administration in the Mahidasht Plain, Kermanshah, Iran
Large sculpted circular door sockets are a characteristic feature of Neo-Assyrian monumental architecture and have been found in palaces, temples, and admin- istrative centers both at core imperial sites such as Khorsabad and Nimrud and at provincial capitals such as Till-Barsib, Arslan-Tash, and Ziyaret Tepe. In the case of Iran, although the Assyrians controlled significant parts of the country, especially in the eighth century Bce, research in…
Bampur 14
South-eastern Iran flourished during the Bronze Age and several important settlements from this period have been excavated. Few contemporaneous cemeteries, however, have been investigated. Excavations at Bampur 14 have revealed 10 graves dating from the late fourth to early second millennium BC. Finds include a copper-bronze seal and a stone column, demonstrating connections with north-eastern Iran and Central Asia
Sargon II in the Mahidasht
The eastward expansion of Assyria, richly narrated in official inscriptions and supported by corollary materials such as letters from the royal correspondence and oracular enquiries, remains in archaeological terms hugely under-explored. Over the past few years, however, this has begun to change and a succession of recent discoveries is starting to give us an increasingly more detailed picture of the imprint of Assyrian rule in this sector of the…
The Bamu Stela, Shahr-i Fadak, and Tapeh Shaho
The reliefs and stelae created in the area stretching from Rania in Iraqi Kurdistan to Sar Pol-e Zahab in Iran are among the outstanding cultural materials of the late 3rd and early 2nd millennium b.c., supplementing the information in cuneiform texts for telling the story of important political and military events in the region. Based on the concentration of these reliefs on the northern side of the present-day city of Sar Pol-e Zahab and the pi…
Tapeh Tyalineh
The Mahidasht region is a vital cultural sphere on the Great Khorasan Road that has provided substantial evidence for administrative activity, which is considered to be an indicator of economic and political complexity in late prehistoric societies. This article discusses a corpus of bureaucratic artefacts from the site of Tapeh Tyalineh in the Kouzaran plain in the north of Mahidasht, including 52 jar sealings and 12 door sealings. The artefacts…
A Survey on the Geological Origin of the Stele of the Assyrian King Sargon II from Quwakh Tapeh, Kermanshah, Western Iran
In the recent excavations of Quwakh Tapeh, located forty-five kilometers west of Kermanshah in the Mahidasht Plain in western Iran, two fragments were discovered of an Assyrian royal stele belonging to the end of the eighth century BCE and erected on the site following the attack of the Assyrian king Sargon II (722–705 BCE). Considering the high quality of the material, a dolostone, as well as the high quality of the carving of both the relief an…
Daya Cave
In the winter of 2021, a previously unknown and almost inaccessible cave called Aškawt-i Daya was discovered in the heart of Bakhakuh Mountain in the west central Zagros Mountains of Iran. An exceptional feature of the cave is its collection of paintings on the walls and ceiling with animal and human motifs, rendered in black pigment, both singly and in groups involved in scenes of hunting and slaughter. As with other rock paintings in Iran, esta…
Dung Temper in Neolithic Pottery of the Eastern Fertile Crescent as an Indicator of Animal Domestication
С начала VII тыс. до н.э., когда керамика получила повсеместное распространение на территории восточной части Плодородного Полумесяца — в центральных долинах и западных предгорьях Загроса, — она содержала исключительно органическую растительную примесь. В настоящей работе эта примесь была изучена с помощью микроскопического технологического анализа, рентгеновской томографии и сферулитного анализа, в результате чего подтверждено предположение о ее…
An Inscribed Kassite Weight from Kermānšāh Province, Western Iran
A Babylonian inscription found in western Iran is written in the name of an official of the Kassite king Šagarakti-Šuriaš (1245–1233 B.C.). It provides the first contemporary evidence for the parentage of this king and supplements archival testimony to push back the known presence of the Babylonian province system in the Zagros by about half a century
Dung Temper in Neolithic Pottery of the Eastern Fertile Crescent as an Indicator of Animal Domestication
Since the early 7th millennium BC, when ceramics had become widespread in the Eastern Fertile Crescent, specifically in central valleys and the western foothills of the Zagros, they were tempered exclusively with organic plant remains. Here, we outline the findings of the study of this temper using microscopic technological analysis, X-ray tomography and spherulite analysis, upholding the suggestion that dung was present in the paste. The samples…
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