Konar Sandal South — Jiroft Ziggurat
Early Bronze Age (2500–2100 BCE) Jiroft (Aratta?)·Halil Rud / Jiroft (Marhashi–Aratta hypothesis)·🇮🇷 Kerman Province, Iran
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About Konar Sandal South — Jiroft Ziggurat
Konar Sandal South — Jiroft Ziggurat in Kerman Province, Iran is a Early Bronze Age (2500–2100 BCE) Jiroft (Aratta?) ancient-city attributed to Halil Rud / Jiroft (Marhashi–Aratta hypothesis). Step platform 13 ha with ziggurat mound 21 m high and 4 m massive walls. Madjidzadeh Konar Sandal Jiroft art chlorite and tablet with early writing, Aratta debate.
Why it mattersKey Halil Rud / Jiroft (Marhashi–Aratta hypothesis) site informing Central Asian prehistory
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology refinement
- 02Metallurgy evidence
Theories
- 01Long-distance trade route
- 02Urbanism genesis
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2500 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (2500–2100 BCE) Jiroft (Aratta?)
- Culture
- Halil Rud / Jiroft (Marhashi–Aratta hypothesis)
- Purpose
- Step platform 13 ha with ziggurat mound 21 m high and 4 m massive walls
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 2500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
28.4500° N · 57.7800° E · 650 m · 3 mapped features
Konar Sandal South — Jiroft Ziggurat — Citadel / High Mound
citadelHigh citadel or fortified nucleus
28.4501° N · 57.7801° EKonar Sandal South — Jiroft Ziggurat — Craft Quarter
workshopWorkshop district with furnaces or kilns
28.4498° N · 57.7802° EKonar Sandal South — Jiroft Ziggurat — Necropolis Extension
necropolisCemetery
28.4504° N · 57.7798° E