Preliminary report of Māhūr tomb, a Mithraism relic at Dezfūl, Southern Iran

• Authors: KARAMIAN Gholamreza , MAKSYMIUK Katarzyna , SKUPNIEWICZ Patryk , ASTARAKI Farzad , FARROKH Kaveh
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Tomb of Māhūr is located at a village called Mahur Berenji, district of Sardasht a part of Dezfūl, Khuzestan province, Southern Iran. This tomb has been discovered by Karamian and Astraki in 2018. There is a four-legged cross symbol in the above part of the tomb entrance.

Keywords

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Iran; Māhūr Tomb; Khuzestan; Parthian period; Sasanian period; Mithra

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Uniwersytet w Siedlcach
• Journal: Historia i Świat
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 23-36

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

KARAMIAN Gholamreza

• Polish Institute of Advanced Studies, Poland
• Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Iran

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MAKSYMIUK Katarzyna

• Siedlce University, Poland

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SKUPNIEWICZ Patryk

• Siedlce University, Poland

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ASTARAKI Farzad

• Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Iran

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FARROKH Kaveh

• Methodologica Governance University, Paris, France

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Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.34739/his.2020.09.02