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The “Mouthless People”: Some Remarks on the Shahr Yeri Statue-Stela Complex, Iran

In: Iran and the Caucasus
Authors:
Roberto Dan Tuscia University

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Andrea Cesaretti ISMEO

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Online Publication Date:
27 Nov 2020
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This article proposes a general re-evaluation of the archaeological site of Shahr Yeri, the most striking feature of which is the presence of over five hundred of what we may call statue-stelae. Despite the fact that the site and the statue-stelae have been known since at least 1978 and are of great archaeological interest, they have been relatively little studied in the past. The goal of this paper is to present a general review of the site and the statuestelae identified there, unique both with regard to their number and their iconographic features.

Title:
The “Mouthless People”: Some Remarks on the Shahr Yeri Statue-Stela Complex, Iran
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/1573384X-20200402
Language:
English
Pages:
347–357
Keywords:
Meshkin Shahr Plain; Statue-Stelae in Shahr Yeri; Nomads; Iron Age; Iran
In:
Iran and the Caucasus
In:
Volume 24: Issue 4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1573-384X
Print ISSN:
1609-8498
Subjects:
Central Asia, Asian Studies, History & Culture, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Iran & Persian Studies

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