Ishag Mammadrza oglu Jafarzadeh ( az, İshaq Məmmədrza oğlu Cəfərzadə; August 14, 1895 in
Ganja
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Etymology
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– January 5, 1982 in
Baku
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) was one of the pioneers of
Azerbaijan
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archaeology
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and
ethnography
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. He excavated over seventy
artifacts on Azerbaijan's territory and studied the
Gobustan rock paintings. In 1948, during the
Gobustan expedition, he discovered
the Latin rock inscription near mountain Boyukdash, 70 km from Baku, which is the easternmost
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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evidence to be known.
Notes
Works
*"Azərbaycanın qədim tarixi" ("Ancient History of Azerbaijan"), Azərb. SSR EA Tarix və Fəlsəfə İnstitutunun əsərləri, c. 1, B., 1961
*''Историко-археологический очерк очерк старой Ганджи (Родина Низами)'' (''Historico-Archaeological Sketch on Old Ganja''), Б., 1949
*''Гобустан. Наскальные изображения'' (''Gobustan. The Rock Paintings''), Б., 1973
1895 births
1982 deaths
20th-century archaeologists
People from Ganja, Azerbaijan
Baku State University alumni
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Azerbaijani archaeologists
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Azerbaijani ethnographers
Soviet archaeologists
Soviet ethnographers