Ishag Mammadrza oglu Jafarzadeh ( az, İshaq Məmmədrza oğlu Cəfərzadə; August 14, 1895 in

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– January 5, 1982 in

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) was one of the pioneers of

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and

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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

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evidence to be known.

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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 {{archaeologist-stub Azerbaijani ethnographers Soviet archaeologists Soviet ethnographers