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The Effect of Trading Lapis Lazuli on the Settlements in the East of Iran's Central Plateau (3rd–4th Mill. BCE) research-article

Saman Farzin, Maryam Zohouriyan, Mohammad Amin Hajizadeh

Central Asiatic Journal, Jahrgang 62 (2019), Ausgabe 2, Seite 193 - 202

Lapis lazuli was one of the ancient world's most precious stones, extensively traded during the third and fourth millennia and important for the settlement of Shahr-i Sokhta in Sistan and Baluchestan province. The authors scrutinised recent archaeological evidence in order to evaluate the impact of the lapis lazuli trade between this part of Persia with locations as far apart as Central Asia and southern Egypt. The raw material came from mines in Badakhshan (northern Afghanistan), whilst the evidence suggests that Shahr-i Sokhta became a wealthy production and trading centre for lapis lazuli, which was exported as jewellery and as ornaments for temples and palaces. This would explain why the city also became the social, political, economic and cultural centre of the whole region for much of the third millennium.


Semiology of the Gryphon Motif in Ancient Elamite Architecture research-article

Maryam Zohouriyan, Seyyed Mehdi Mousavi Kouhpar, Javad Neyestani, Alireza Hozhabri Nobari

Central Asiatic Journal, Jahrgang 62 (2019), Ausgabe 2, Seite 227 - 232

This article discusses the gryphon, shirdal in Persian, a legendary creature featuring in much of Asia's and Europe's mythology. The shirdal, just as the Greek γρύφων, is a hybrid and legendary beast composed of eagle, human, lion and bull. But was there a common mythical function for the gryphon? The article will answer this question by tracing more than five thousand years of history, with a focus on Elamite architecture unearthed in Susa.

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