This article presents detailed illustrations of two rock-reliefs from the neighbouring sites
Rabana and Merquly, located on the flanks of Mt. Piramagrun in Iraqi Kurdistan. Both�…

The ancient fortress of Amadiya is situated atop a mesa at the foot of the Zagros Mountains
in Iraqi-Kurdistan. In front of the Mosul Gate there are two rock-reliefs depicting larger than�…

Pir-e Magroun mountain is located 43 km northwest of the city of Sulaymaniyah; and in the
historical kingdom of Adiabene. Two almost identical rock reliefs, Mirquili and Rabanah, are�…

A Third Millennium Stone Plaque from Gird Maiwizha (Rania Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan) | Ash-sharq:
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The well known Parthian rock relief of Hung-e Azhdar (or Hung-e Nauruzi) has been long
debated because of its incoherent iconography and style. The interpretation of the relief�…

The relief sculptures from the palaces of the Neo-Assyrian kings are significant documents
for the military campaigns, extensive pictorial records of which are preserved from the time of�…

Hamadan province in western Iran has always been of particular archaeological
significance mainly because of its administrative centre Ecbatana, modern Hamadan. In�…

Rabana-Merquly was a major regional centre of the Parthian era in the central Zagros
highlands. This article explores the hypothesis that the Rabana intramural settlement was in�…

This paper deals with recording and interpreting a complex of petroglyphs at Dowzdaghi in
the northern part of Iranian Azerbaijan in Northwestern Iran. The assemblage can be divided�…

One way immortalizing the works and deeds of the king in the ancient world, especially in
Western Asia, was to erect memorial stones or rock and stone inscriptions in visible and�…