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Tappeh Berdankan

Coordinates: 32°12′40″N 50°34′15″E / 32.21111°N 50.57083°E / 32.21111; 50.57083
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Tappeh Berdankan
Persian: تپه بردنکان
Tappeh Berdankan is located in Iran
Tappeh Berdankan
Location of Tappeh Berdankan in Iran
LocationMizdej-e Sofla Rural District of Junqan District, Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran
RegionGay Province
Coordinates32°12′40″N 50°34′15″E / 32.21111°N 50.57083°E / 32.21111; 50.57083[1]
TypeArchaeological site
Part ofRāwar-kust-ī-rōdbār Canton
History
PeriodsSasanian, Parthian, Achaemenid, Elamite, and Chalcolithic
Site notes
Discovered1986
ArchaeologistsAlireza Khosrowzadeh
ManagementCultural Heritage of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
DesignationNational 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 were also found in a few spots.[3] During the late Sasanian era, the site nowadays known as Tappeh Berdankan was part of the canton of Rāwar-kust-ī-rōdbār and was an 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 of the site remains undamaged.[5] In 2016, Cultural Heritage of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari mapped out the boundaries of the site 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, amongst them administrative bullae.[6]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Also romanized as Tappe Bardnakoon

References

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  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (3 April 2023). "Tappeh Berdankan, Farsan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Khosrowzadeh et al. 2020, p. 166.
  4. ^ Khosrowzadeh et al. 2020, pp. 186–187.
  5. ^ Khosrowzadeh et al. 2020, pp. 166–168.
  6. ^ Khosrowzadeh et al. 2020, pp. 170–171.

Sources

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  • 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.