The tomb of a young bronze woman buried with a cosmetics box adorned with snakes and scorpions at archaeological site in northeastern Iran. It is one of the richest graves of the great Khorasan civilization to be discovered so far.
The tape, the site, which was part of the Greater Khorasan civilization at the time of the burial, was first excavated in 2011. Since then, 48 graves have been revealed under a low burial hill. Most of the graves are more and more Khurasan away, but a handful of them have a history of earlier, the fourth thousand years of resettlement in BC in the early days.
The tomb of this young woman was discovered in 2013, but now she has been published. The Austcical Exam found that when she died, she was about 18 years old. He buried the southeast in a rotating position on the right side. This was a normal position in the tape Charlo burial, but the contents of his grave were completely atypical. The site was the only of his burial, which was adorned with royal graves.
A total of 34 items were buried with it. Twelve of them were especially bouquets of utensils of civilization. There were seven stone items made of chlorite, lapes Lazoli, Serpentine and limestone. There were 13 metal items, including a gold finger ring, two gold earrings, a bronze pair, a bronze mirror, copper/bronze pins and copper/bronze stamp seal. In addition to metal pins, there were two ivory. The pottery was placed above the head and under the feet of the deceased. Two pins were found near his shoulders, two bracelets on his arms, and several samples of stone and metal were found near his face. There was a huge pot on his feet with a small bronze pot.
Samples are highly prepared. One of them is like a hand in the form of pins, with a 10-pitcal rose between the thumb and the fingering. One of the stamp seals was engraved with a reflection of human feet. The most unusual piece was a small rectangle box made of polished black chlorite. The long sides of the box were engraved with snakes, the mouths were wide open, with their threatening feng and thorny tongues. The scorpion features in a short side
Stamp seals were used as a transaction signature, so they are indicators of property indicators and active participation in trade. The presence of Ivory and Lapis Lazoli, which is imported from Afghanistan and the Indus Valley, is proof of its wealth.
Wahdati said that the woman buried in the grave 12 was an important man but was very young when she died that she had achieved such a position. Instead, it is likely that he has inherited his social status and wealth from his family at birth or marriage.
“The presence of such wealth in the grave of teenage age is unique in the record of the Greater Khurasan civilization,” he said. “At this stage, we can only talk about the status of the elite passing through the lineage, which is in accordance with the nature of the GKC society.”
