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Surroundings:

Dur Untaš, ZigguratDur Untaš, Ziggurat, Small, gate, LocksDur Untaš, Ziggurat, TileDur Untaš, Ziggurat, Inner court, FootprintDur Untaš, ZigguratDur Untaš, Ziggurat, Small, gate, LocksDur Untaš, Ziggurat, Brickwork with inscriptionDur Untaš, ZigguratDur Untaš, ZigguratDur Untaš, ZigguratDur Untaš, ZigguratDur Untaš, Ziggurat, Wall with sewerDur Untaš, Ziggurat, Brickwork with inscriptionDur Untaš, Central court, Statue baseDur Untaš, Ziggurat, SE EntranceDur Untaš, Ziggurat, Brickwork with inscriptionDur Untaš, ZigguratDur Untaš, Ziggurat, SE EntranceDur Untaš, Ziggurat, EntranceDur Untaš, Central court, PavementDur Untaš, Ziggurat, Small gateDur Untaš, Ziggurat, Brickwork with inscriptionDur Untaš, Central court, Kitchen or Statue repositoryDur Untaš, ZigguratDur Untaš, Ziggurat, Brickwork with inscriptionDur Untaš, ZigguratDur Untaš, Ziggurat, SE EntranceDur Untaš, ZigguratDur Untaš, Central court, PavementDur Untaš, Ziggurat

Location:

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of), Choghā Zanbīl
  • geo:32.009007,48.521431
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • -1275~ / -646

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Annotations

Dur-Untaš: name of an Elamite town, famous for it ziggurat, modern Choga Zanbil. http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/choga_zanbil/choga_zanbil1.html

Elamite Dur Untash  [which means 'town of Untash'] was founded by Elamite king Untaš Napiriša (ca. 1275-40 BC) at a strategic point .This complex was dedicated to Inshushinak (Insusinak), the bull-god of Susa.

Elizabeth Carter, “ČOḠĀ ZANBĪL,” Encyclopædia Iranica, VI/1, pp. 9-13, available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/coga-zanbil (accessed on 30 December 2012).

WIKIPEDIA - Chogha Zanbil (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chogha_Zanbil)


Relevant museums

Susa, Archaeological Museum

Susa, Archaeological Museum

Tehran, National Museumof Iran

Tehran, National Museum Archaeological collections from Paleolithic to Qajar period

Tabriz, Azerbaijan Museum

Tabriz, Azerbaijan Museum

Brussels, Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis

Brussels, Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis

Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

The national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, located in Leiden

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre

The British Museum

The British Museum has one of the world's largest collections of antiquities from the Classical world.


Nearby

Ziggurat of Chogha Zanbil

Elamite temple complex.

Dur Untash, Sundial

Chogha Zanbil - sundial.


This object was added by René Voorburg on 2012-12-16. Last update by Julien De Chocqueuse on 2023-05-18. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/11014 . Download as RDF/XML, GeoJSON, KML.
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