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Tang-e Sarvak

Coordinates: 31°00′37″N 50°10′20″E / 31.01027°N 50.17216°E / 31.01027; 50.17216
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Tang-e Sarvak
تنگ سروک
The second panel, which depicts an investiture scene
Tang-e Sarvak is located in Iran
Tang-e Sarvak
Location of Tang-e Sarvak in Iran
LocationKhuzestan Province, Iran
Coordinates31°00′37″N 50°10′20″E / 31.01027°N 50.17216°E / 31.01027; 50.17216
TypeRock relief
History
PeriodsLate antiquity

Tang-e Sarvak (also spelled Tang-i Sarvak; Persian: تنگ سروک, "Gorge of the cypresses") is a Parthian-era archeological site located in the Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran.[1][2] The site is made up of four panels.[1]

Inscriptions

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The site has 2nd-century Aramaic inscriptions that resemble Mandaic letters.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Haerinck 2005.
  2. ^ Kawami 2013, pp. 757–762.
  3. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.

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