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Location

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of), Hamadān
  • geo:34.78611,48.524212

Period or year

  • not yet provided

Classification

  • graves
  • Visible

Identifiers

Hamadan, stone lion

data access 19469

A Hellenistic stone lion, once part of a funeral monument

Relevant museums

Nearby sites

  • Hamadan, Mausoleum of Bu Ali (Avicenna)
    Exhibition of medical instruments and tools
    Iran (Islamic Republic of), Hamadān
  • Battle of Ecbatana in 129 BC
    Battle between the Seleucids of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Parthians of Phraates II.
    Iran (Islamic Republic of), Hamadān
  • Hamadan
    The "Tomb of Esther and Mordechai" in Hamadan is one of the alleged sites of the grave of of Esther and Mordechai.
    Iran (Islamic Republic of), Hamadān
  • Hamadan, Museum
    Hamadan, Museum
    Iran (Islamic Republic of), Hamadān
  • Tappe-ye Hagmatāna - Ancient Ecbatana
    Ecbatana (Old Persian Hagmatana, 'gathering place'): main settlement of the Medes, modern Hamadan.
    Iran (Islamic Republic of), Hamadān

Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by Jona Lendering (2014-10-08) , last updated by Voorburg, R.J.J. (2022-11-22), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/19469
Data downloads: KML, RDF
Suggested citation: Lendering, J. and Voorburg, R.J.J. (2022) Hamadan, stone lion. Vici.org: archaeological atlas of antiquity. https://vici.org/vici/19469, accessed 2026-11-15.