Sarpol-e Zahab ( fa, سرپل ذهاب, ''Sarpole Zahâb''; ku, Serpêllî Zehaw, ; also
romanize
Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, an ...
d 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) is a city and capital of
Sarpol-e Zahab County
Sarpol-e Zahab County ( fa, شهرستان سرپل ذهاب, ''Šaharestâne Sarpole Zahâb''; Sarpell-i zahaw (Kurdish: سهرپێڵی زههاو, ''Serpêllî Zehaw'') is in Kermanshah province, Iran. The capital of the county is the ...
,
Kermanshah Province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
, close to
Qasr-e Shirin and the
Iraqi border. At the 2006 census, its population was 34,632.
Demographics
The city is populated by
Kurds ug:كۇردلار
Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ira ...
.
Reliefs
The area of Sar-e Pol-e Zahab has several more or less well preserved reliefs of the
Lullubi
Lullubi, Lulubi ( akk, 𒇻𒇻𒉈: ''Lu-lu-bi'', akk, 𒇻𒇻𒉈𒆠: ''Lu-lu-biki'' "Country of the Lullubi"), more commonly known as Lullu, were a group of tribes during the 3rd millennium BC, from a region known as ''Lulubum'', now the Sha ...
kingdom, as well as a Parthian relief.
Lullubian reliefs
The most famous of these reliefs is the
Anubanini rock relief
The Anubanini petroglyph, also called Sar-e Pol-e Zohab II or Sarpol-i Zohab relief, is a rock relief from the Akkadian Empire period (circa 2300 BC) or the Isin-Larsa period (early second millennium BC) and is located in Kermanshah Province, Ir ...
. 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.
The attribution to a specific ruler remains uncertain.
There are also other Lullubian relief in the same area of Sar-e Pol-e Zahab.
File:Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, relief IV.jpg, Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, relief IAnubanini rock relief
The Anubanini petroglyph, also called Sar-e Pol-e Zohab II or Sarpol-i Zohab relief, is a rock relief from the Akkadian Empire period (circa 2300 BC) or the Isin-Larsa period (early second millennium BC) and is located in Kermanshah Province, Ir ...
Parthian relief
Another relief is located below the Anubanini relief, lower on the cliff. This relief was created during the
Parthian Empire
The Parthian Empire (), also known as the Arsacid Empire (), was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe in conque ...
in the name of Gotarzes, possibly
Gotarzes I
Gotarzes I ( xpr, 𐭂𐭅𐭕𐭓𐭆 ''Gōdarz'') was king of the Parthian Empire from 91 BC to 87 or 80 BC. He was the son and successor of Mithridates II (), and was succeeded by his son Orodes I.
Name
"Gotarzes" is from Middle Iranian ''G ...
, 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.
See also
*
Taq-e Gara
References
Populated places in Sarpol-e Zahab County
Cities in Kermanshah Province
Rock reliefs in Iran
Kurdish settlements in Kermanshah Province
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