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2021-11-30 19:07
Elamite clay tablet discovered in southwest Iran
TEHRAN – A clay tablet, estimated to date from the Elamite era (c. 2700 – 539 BC), has recently been discovered in southwest Iran.
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2021-09-21 20:00
Bushehr to set up digital database of ancient potteries
TEHRAN – A digital database of ancient potteries, clay tablets, and their fragments will be established in Bushehr province, southwestern Iran.
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2021-09-15 18:32
By Afshin Majlesi
Achaemenid workers paid silver for wages, study on clay tablets finds
TEHRAN – A fresh study on inscribed clay tablets, which were used for the treasury archives of the Achaemenid Empire, has revealed workers of the mighty kingdom were paid silver coins for their wages.
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2021-01-27 22:16
Replica of Qajar-era portraiture on clay plate recreated
TEHRAN – An Iranian artist has recently recreated a replica of a Qajar-era (1789–1925) portraiture on clay plate following extensive research.
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2021-01-11 21:39
Oriental Institute and its Persian expeditions in 1930s
TEHRAN -- During the winter of 1930-31, the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago organized a Persian Expedition to conduct excavations in the largely unexplored mountainous regions east and southeast of the Mesopotamian plain.
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2020-06-21 20:00
Achaemenid clay tablets, Iron Age relics, and skeleton to go on show at Qazvin museum
TEHRAN – A batch of recovered Achaemenid-era (550-330 BC) clay tablets, which were on loan from Iran to the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago since 1935, along with an Iron Age collection composed of a human skeleton and burial relics, will be displayed at a museum in the city of Qazvin.
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2020-05-20 21:25
Seven-thousand-year-old clay vessels unearthed in Iran
TEHRAN – A total of six clay vessels, which believed to date back to the fifth millennium BC, have recently been unearned in Moushelan Tepe, a significant archaeological site 65 km west of Tehran.
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2019-10-19 18:50
Returned Achaemenid tablets to go on show in Qazvin
TEHRAN – A select of 1,783 Achaemenid-era clay tablets and fragments, which were on loan from Iran to the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago since 1935, will be put on show in the city of Qazvin.
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2019-10-05 18:55
We revealed how Achaemenids ruled Persia: Oriental Institute expert
TEHRAN – Years of deciphering and studying Achaemenid cuneiform clay tablets, which have been on loan from Iran to the Oriental Institute, has yielded valuable information about the Persian Empire, how it organized and how it ruled, a professor emeritus at the Institute has said.
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2019-10-03 11:16
Recently returned Achaemenid-era clay tablets on display
TEHRAN – Hundreds of Achaemenid-era (550-330 BC) clay tablets took pride of place in an exhibit which opened to the public at the National Museum of Iran on Wednesday.
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2019-10-01 12:13
Achaemenid-era clay tablets returned home after 84 years
TEHRAN – A total of 1,783 Achaemenid-era clay tablets, which were on loan from Iran to the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago since 1935, have been returned home.
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2019-05-07 22:37
Oriental Institute ready for delivery of ancient Persian artifacts
TEHRAN – The University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute has recently signaled its readiness to deliver the first batch of ancient Persian clay tablets to Iran, a senior cultural heritage official has said.
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2018-12-15 20:40
Thousands of Achaemenid-era clay tablets to be back home
TEHRAN – Over 11,000 flawless [Achaemenid-era] clay tablets and a large number of fragments of their kind will be back home, Iran tourism chief said on Wednesday.
