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Mojtaba Doroodi; Mohammad Javad Owladhoseyn
Abstract
Kuh-e Rahmat is the name of a mountain located in the eastern part of Marvdasht city. Numerous ancient monuments can be seen in this mountain, the most important of which is undoubtedly Persepolis or the Achaemenid city of Pārsa. The mountain also includes extensive evidence of ancient burials. Furthermore, ...
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Kuh-e Rahmat is the name of a mountain located in the eastern part of Marvdasht city. Numerous ancient monuments can be seen in this mountain, the most important of which is undoubtedly Persepolis or the Achaemenid city of Pārsa. The mountain also includes extensive evidence of ancient burials. Furthermore, Sassanian epigraphical evidence, such as the inscriptions of Maqṣūd Ābād and Taxt-e Ṭawus, have been spotted in Kuh-e Rahmat. A newly found Middle Persian inscription that can be considered a burial inscription will be introduced and discussed in the present article. The most critical issue in this inscription is the attestation of the city Istakhr. Such an attestation in the context of burial inscriptions is unique.It is generally assumed that the inscription might belong to the late Sassanian era. Such burial inscriptions could belong to one of the significant social classes at that time, i.e., the scribes. The exact location of the newly inscribed inscription of Kuh-e-Mehr is the same valley in which Taxt-e Ṭawus inscriptions are located: on the right side of the road between Naqsh-e-Rajab and the city of Istakhr. Kuh-e Rahmat inscription is written in six lines vertically. Its dimensions is 50 cm in 60 cm. There are two square holes below the inscription in the mouth of a small cave. Some researchers consider these holes, which are very frequent in this region, as Astodān. Such square holes can be seen in large numbers on the mountain slopes near Naqsh-e Rajab and the newly discovered inscription. These holes could indicate that the Kuh-e Rahmet inscription is a burial inscription. The surrounding area could be a burial place as well.All the material presented in this speech indicates the great importance of this inscription, which necessitates further research on this inscription.The environment around this inscription should also be further studied by archaeologists.
