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Tang-i Var Rock Relief

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, Rune Rattenborg

Last modified Jul 15, 2024 04:34 PM — History

tags: ANE, Assyrian

The Tang-i Var rock relief of the eighth-century-BC Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721–705 BC) is carved on a rock face of the Kūh-e Zīnāneh in the Tang-i Var pass in Iranian Kurdistan, about 50 km southwest of Sanandaj and 85 km northwest of Kermanshah. This difficult-to-reach relief was carved in a niche cut into the cliff face about 40 m above ground level. The Akkadian inscription, now badly weathered, records several of Sargon II’s campaigns, especially the military expeditions against the land Karalla, against which the Assyrian army campaigned in 716, 713, and 706 BC.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/155838204

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.0042587, 46.6235951667

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of تنگیور (Tangi Var) (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
Representative Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM location of a Historical Inscription (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Less than certain: CIGS location of Tankīwar (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Tang-i Var Rock Relief (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Urāmānāt Rock Relief (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
Associated Modern Names:
- تنگي ور‎ (Tankīwar: Modern Persian)

Tang-i Var Rock Relief makes connections with:

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Tang-i Var Rock Relief receives connections from:

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Place type:
archaeological site, settlement-modern, monument

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Related:

Wikidata Q3515037: Tang-i Var Inscription

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Tang-i Var Rock Relief: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/155838204> [accessed: 25 January 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/155838204 |title=Places: 155838204 (Tang-i Var Rock Relief) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=January 25, 2025 12:08 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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