Gur-i Shapur
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, R. Wenke Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, R. Wenke Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jan 12, 2025 10:46 AM
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History
The so-called "Shapur cave" in the Zagros Mountains contains a colossal statue of Shapur I, the second ruler of the Sasanid Empire.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/922653
29.8076618, 51.6118028
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Shahpur Sasani Cave (AD 250 - AD 550) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Gur-i Shapur part of (analytical) Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region (modern)
- Gur-i Shapur located near Veh Shapur/Bishapur (unspecified date range)
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sanctuary (religious center), cave
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 94 B4 Gur-i Shapur
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Gur-i Shapur, cave with statue of Shapur
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, R. Wenke, DARMC, R. Talbert, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Gur-i Shapur: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/922653> [accessed: 01 February 2025]
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