Tappeh Berdankan
Persian: تپه بردنکان | |
Location of Tappeh Berdankan in Iran | |
| Location | Mizdej-e Sofla Rural District of Junqan District, Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran |
|---|---|
| Region | Gay Province |
| Coordinates | 32°12′40″N 50°34′15″E / 32.21111°N 50.57083°E[1] |
| Type | Archaeological site |
| Part of | Rāwar-kust-ī-rōdbār Canton |
| History | |
| Periods | Sasanian, Parthian, Achaemenid, Elamite, and Chalcolithic |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | 1986 |
| Archaeologists | Alireza Khosrowzadeh |
| Management | Cultural Heritage of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari |
| Designation | National monument No. 19527[2] |
Tappeh Berdankan (Persian: تپه بردنکان)[a] is an archaeological site in Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. It is c. 2.4 kilometers southeast of the village of Deh Cheshmeh, near the southern shore of the Pireghar River.
It is mainly a Sasanian site, although some pottery from the Parthian, Achaemenid, Elamite, and Chalcolithic periods was also found in a few spots.[3] During the late Sasanian era, the site now known as Tappeh Berdankan was part of the canton of Rāwar-kust-ī-rōdbār and served as the administrative centre of the province of Gay.[4]
It provided for interactions between different provinces of Eranshahr, in particular Gay in Spahan, Ram-Ohrmazd, Ormazd-Ardashir, and Weh-Andiyok-Shapur in Khuzistan, and Ig in Pars.
The site was illegally excavated and looted in the past, and thus only a minor part remains undamaged.[5] In 2016, the Cultural Heritage of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari mapped the site boundaries and stated that the area would be monitored around the clock by the Protection Unit of the General Administration.[2]
Professional, government-approved excavations in 2017 and 2018 led to the excavation of many Sasanian-era items, including 559 clay bullae, among them administrative bullae.[6]
Notes
References
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (3 April 2023). "Tappeh Berdankan, Farsan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ a b Asgari, Bahman (17 November 2016). "The boundaries of the ancient site Tappeh Berdankan of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari were determined". tasnimnews.com (in Persian). Cultural Heritage of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari. Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024 – via Tasnim News Agency.
- ^ Khosrowzadeh et al. 2020, p. 166.
- ^ Khosrowzadeh et al. 2020, pp. 186–187.
- ^ Khosrowzadeh et al. 2020, pp. 166–168.
- ^ Khosrowzadeh et al. 2020, pp. 170–171.
Sources
- Khosrowzadeh, Alireza; Norouzi, Aliashgar; Gyselen, Rika; Habibi, Hossein (2020). "Administrative Bullae from Tappe Bardnakoon, a Newly Found Late Sasanian Administrative Centre". Iranica Antiqua. 55: 165–220. doi:10.2143/IA.55.0.3289195.