Sarpol-e Zahab

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Sarpol-e Zahab
سرپل ذهاب
Town
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Sarpol-e Zahab is located in Iran
Sarpol-e Zahab
Sarpol-e Zahab
Coordinates: 34°27′40″N 45°51′46″E / 34.46111°N 45.86278°E / 34.46111; 45.86278Coordinates: 34°27′40″N 45°51′46″E / 34.46111°N 45.86278°E / 34.46111; 45.86278
Country Iran
ProvinceKermanshah
CountySarpol-e Zahab
BakhshCentral
Population
 (2016 Census)
 • Total45,481[1]
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Sarpol-e Zahab (Persian: سرپل ذهاب‎, Sarpole Zahâb; Kurdish: Serpêllî Zehaw‎, سەرپێڵی زەهاو; also romanized as Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Sar-e Pol-e Z̄ahāb, and Sar-ī-Pūl Zūhāb; also known as Pol-e Z̄ahāb, Sarpole-Zahab, Pol-e Z̄ohāb, Sarī-Pūl, and Sarpol)[2] is a city and capital of Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah Province, Iran, close to the Iraqi border. At the 2006 census, its population was 34,632.[3]

Demographics[]

The city is populated by Kurds.[4]

Sarpol-e Zahab linguistic composition
language percent
Southern Kurdish
 
 65%
Sorani Kurdish
 
 30%
not defined
 
 5%

Reliefs[]

The area of Sar-e Pol-e Zahab has several more or less well preserved reliefs of the Lullubi kingdom, as well as a Parthian relief.

Lullubian reliefs[]

The most famous of these reliefs is the Anubanini rock relief. Another relief named Sar-e Pol-e Zohab I is about 200 meters away, in a style similar to the Anubanini relief, but this time with a beardless ruler.[5] The attribution to a specific ruler remains uncertain.[5] There are also other Lullubian relief in the same area of Sar-e Pol-e Zahab.[6]

  • Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, relief I[5]

  • Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, relief II: Anubanini rock relief[5]

  • Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, relief III[5]

  • Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, relief IV[5]

Parthian relief[]

Another relief is located below the Anubanini relief, lower on the cliff. This relief was created during the Parthian Empire in the name of Gotarzes, possibly Gotarzes I, but more probably the Parthian king Gotarzes II, who ruled from 39 to 51 CE and is known to have made other reliefs, such as the equestrian relief at Behistun.[7][8]

  • The second relief, below the Anubanini relief, a Parthian relief.

  • Drawing of the Parthian relief.

References[]

  1. ^ "Statistical Center of Iran > Home". www.amar.org.ir.
  2. ^ Sarpol-e Zahab can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3078472" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  3. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
  4. ^ "Language distribution: Kermanshah Province". Iran Atlas. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Osborne, James F. (2014). Approaching Monumentality in Archaeology. SUNY Press. pp. 123–124. ISBN 9781438453255.
  6. ^ Vanden Berghe, Louis. Relief Sculptures de Iran Ancien. pp. 19-21.
  7. ^ Vanden Berghe, Louis. Relief Sculptures de Iran Ancien. p. 45.
  8. ^ Deuren, Greet van (2017). Iran (in Dutch). Gottmer Uitgevers Groep b.v. ISBN 9789025763961.


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