Tang-e Sarvak

Tang-e Sarvak
Tang-e Sarvak
تنگ سروک (Persian)
	The second panel, which depicts an investiture scene
	Location of Tang-e Sarvak in Iran
	31°00′37″N 50°10′20″E / 31.01027°N 50.17216°E
Type	Rock relief
Periods	Late antiquity
Location	Khuzestan Province, Iran

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. The site is made up of four panels.

Inscriptions

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

References

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

Sources

Haerinck, Ernie (2005). "Tang-e Sarvak". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
Kawami, Trudy S. (2013). "Parthian and Elymaean Rock Reliefs". In Potts, Daniel T. (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199733309.

[FOOTNOTEHaerinck2005-1] 1 2 Haerinck 2005.

[FOOTNOTEKawami2013757–762-2] Kawami 2013, pp. 757–762.

[Buckley_2002-3] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.

Tang-e Sarvak

Inscriptions

See also

References

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