The Gawri Wall: a possible Partho-Sasanian structure in the western foothills of the Zagros Mountains

Alibaigi, Sajjad

doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.97

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“…Several extensive stretches of extramural fortification wall in the region can also potentially be associated with Parthian-era fortified settlements. The longest of these linear barriers is the Gawri Wall, which extends some 115km through Sarpol-e Zahab County in Kermanshah Province, Iran (Alibaigi 2019). This massive barrier complements the natural topography, forming a continuous line along the Zagros range; the ceramic finds associated with it suggest that it was, in part or wholly, a Partho-Sasanian construction (Alibaigi 2019: 7).…”

Section: The North-central Zagros Highlands During the Parthian Periodmentioning

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“…The longest of these linear barriers is the Gawri Wall, which extends some 115km through Sarpol-e Zahab County in Kermanshah Province, Iran (Alibaigi 2019). This massive barrier complements the natural topography, forming a continuous line along the Zagros range; the ceramic finds associated with it suggest that it was, in part or wholly, a Partho-Sasanian construction (Alibaigi 2019: 7). The Gawri Wall intersects with the Khorasan section of the Parthian Royal Road crossing the Zagros Mountains; the principal overland route between the eastern and western territories of the Empire is described by Isidorus of Charax in Parthian stations (Walser 1985: 145–47).…”

Section: The North-central Zagros Highlands During the Parthian Periodmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Rabana-Merquly: a fortress in the kingdom of Adiabene in the Zagros Mountains

Brown

Raheem

Abdullah³

2022

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The mountain fortress of Rabana-Merquly was a major regional centre of the Parthian period (first century BC) in the Zagros Mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan. The iconography of two rock-reliefs that show an unnamed ruler suggests an association with the vassal kingdom of Adiabene. The exceptional preservation of the fortress's stone walls, undamaged by later agriculture in this highland location, provides an almost complete example of a large, fortified site with two main intramural settlements. Through its ability to control the surrounding landscape, Rabana-Merquly highlights the role of client states on the peripheries of the Parthian and Roman Empires and illuminates the practicalities of territorial control by state authorities in hinterland regions.

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Section: The North-central Zagros Highlands During the Parthian Periodmentioning

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Section: The North-central Zagros Highlands During the Parthian Periodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rabana-Merquly: a fortress in the kingdom of Adiabene in the Zagros Mountains

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Raheem

Abdullah³

2022

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“…2010) or many walls of various later dates in Central Asia and Iran (e.g. Khozhaniyazov 2018; Alibaigi 2019), which I find fascinating in relation to more recent processes of discrimination between nomadic and sedentary societies.…”

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Borderlands archaeology and the quest for an improved ‘walled-off salad’ recipe

Szary¹

2023

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Archaeologists should always have their say in the interpretation of the archaeological record. Moreover, they should not allow those interpretations to be misappropriated by others, whether politicians, journalists or specialists of other disciplines. By contending that borders are a timely topic for archaeological attention, Emily Hanscam and Brian Buchanan (2023) make a decisive epistemological step forward within the field, also opening up the potential of the discipline's specialised knowledge for wider dissemination and impact. They advance from a straightforward position: the argument that re-bordering in the contemporary world, notably through the increasing fencing of borders (Bissonnette & Vallet 2020), often originates in a normative and normalising discourse on the past. The best example, according to the authors, is Hadrian's Wall, which appears as a common justification for the building of contemporary walls on a growing number of international borders. Their text unfolds a comparison between the archaeological findings about that one short segment of the Roman limes in northern Britain and the supposed properties of the contemporary infrastructure on the US/Mexico border, which successive US presidents have sought to reinforce—chief among them Donald Trump.

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The Gawri Wall: a possible Partho-Sasanian structure in the western foothills of the Zagros Mountains

Abstract: Survey at Sar Pol-e Zahab has revealed a hitherto unknown long wall in western Iran. Possibly dating to the Partho-Sasanian period, the wall extends more than 100km along the modern border of Iraq and Iran.

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Rabana-Merquly: a fortress in the kingdom of Adiabene in the Zagros Mountains

Rabana-Merquly: a fortress in the kingdom of Adiabene in the Zagros Mountains

Borderlands archaeology and the quest for an improved ‘walled-off salad’ recipe

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