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Archaeological discoveries in Iran

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Code of Hammurabi

Babylonian code of law or conduct

Iranian national heritage site

Stele of Naram-Sim

Old-Akkadian victory stele

treasure hoard from Saqqez County, Iran

Iranian national heritage site

Persepolis Administrative Archives

clay administrative archives found in Persepolis dating to the Achaemenid Persian Empire

Statue of Penelope

Narundi ( dna-ru-ti) or Narunde was an Elamite goddess worshiped in Susa. She is attested there roughly between 2250 BCE and 1800 BCE. Multiple inscriptions mention her, and it assumed she was a popular deity at the time. In later periods, she occurs exclusively in Mesopotamia, where she played a role in apotropaic rituals in association with the Sebitti. Many attestations are available from late Assyrian sources, but it is not certain if they should be regarded as an indication of continuous worship.

Heracles statue

statue in Behistun, Iranian national heritage site

Luristan bronze

small cast objects decorated with bronze sculptures from the Early Iron Age found in Iran

golden cup of Hasanlu

gold cup from 1200 years BC

hoard of coins from Persepolis

Parthian statue in National Museum of Iran

Statue of Darius I

Bardak Siah Palace

palace in Dashtestan County, Iranian national heritage site

Bushel with ibex motifs

prehistoric pottery artifact from Susa

Achaemenide burial

Achaemenid inscription in the Kharg Island

Inscription on Kharg Island, Iran

archaeological site

Achaemenid Persian Lion Rhyton

metalwork-vessels highlighted in The MET collection