Neo-Assyrian Royal Monuments from Lake Zeribar in Western Iran
A Stele of Sargon II and a Rock Relief of Shalmaneser III
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20324038 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen Radner (0000-0003-4425-9447, LMU MunichMunichGermany), Mohammad Masoumian (0000-0002-3588-0904, University of KurdistanSanandajIran), Hassan Karimian (University of TehranTehranIran), Eghbal Azizi (Archaeological Museum of SanandajSanandajIran), Kazem Omidi (University of TehranTehranIran) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 110 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 84-93 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0084-5299 • E-ISSN: 1613-1150 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/za-2020-0007 |
| OpenAlex | W3039685570 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
From the testimony of his inscriptions, Sargon II of Assyria (r.721-705 BC) is known to have routinely erected monuments during his military campaigns in Western Iran.1 Two of these artefacts have been recovered in modern times, namely the Najafabad Stele2 and the Tang-i Var Rock Relief.3This paper primarily serves to publish a third such monument, which comes from the region of Lake Zeribar (also Zrebar, Zarivar, Zrewar, or Zeribor), the largest freshwater lake in the Zagros mountains.4Alas, all that is left of this new royal stele is a badly worn fragment of its front surface, with the remains of a few lines of cuneiform inscription (Fig. 1).The irregularly shaped block weighs 12.08 kg and its maximum preserved dimensions are 30 cm in height, 22 cm in width and 12.5 cm in depth.The one surviving original surface measures 16 × 29 cm at its maximum extent and bears the remains of a cuneiform inscription; none of the original edges of the monument have been preserved.Judging from its schistose surface structure, the stele fragment consists of metamorphic rock, probably a schist of a greenschist facies assemblage and perhaps a low-grade phyllite.5Green-1 See Radner (2003 a, 119 f.) for Sargon's erection of monuments in Iran according to the testimony of his inscriptions; Frame (2006,(51)(52)(53)(54)(55)(56)(57)(58) for a catalogue and discussion of all surviving steles and rock reliefs of Sargon from outside the Assyrian heartland (many very fragmentary).2 RINAP 2, no.117; now on display in the National Museum of Tehran.3 RINAP 2, no.116; a life-sized copy based on 3D scans is presently on display in the Archaeological Museum of Sanandaj.4 Wasylikowa/Witkowski 2008.5 According to the assessment of Cajetan Geiger (University of Bochum) on the basis of photographs provided by Karen Radner; personal communication (2 January 2020).6 For a photograph of a schist outcrop close to nearby Gird-i Rostam see Potts [e.a.] 2018-19, 112 Fig. 22. 7 RIMA 2, no.A.0.102.23:18: tam-di šá kur-za-mu-a šá be-ta-ni
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |