Achaemenid bricks discovered in southern Iran

The Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) quoted Nasrollah Ebrahimi, head of the archaeology team as saying on Monday that the Achaemenid Palace Charkhab was discovered in 1350 (1971) during drilling operations for laying pipeline to transfer water from the city of Borazjan to Bushehr through palm groves of the western side of the city.

He noted that in 1380 (2001) the same operations were resumed which led to the discovery of the central hall as well as the side porch.

Ebrahimi went on to say that during the operations, in addition to pottery pieces which could be attributed to the Sassanid and the Achaemenid eras and stone pieces related to the base of the columns, architectural remains and debris, such as bricks which definitely belong to the Achaemenid period, were also discovered.

The Achaemenid Palace of Sang-e Siah is located 9 km north of the Charkhab Palace and about 5 km southeast of Bardak Siah Palace which was discovered by Sarfaraz and explored by Esmail Yaghmaei in 1356 (1977), he said.

The archaeologist noted that in the preliminary survey conducted in 1396 (2017) within the framework of the project for archeological study of the Achaemenid palaces of Borazjan within a radius of less than one km from the palace, several satellite premises were identified probably at the same time which were named Sang-e Siah 2 and Sang-e Siah 3.

Ebrahimi said that explorations in the Sang-e Siah 2 led to the discovery of the remains of debris and part of a wall of an adobe structure belonging to the Achaemenid period along with the remains of pottery, stone and stone objects fully cut and half-completed as well as other cultural findings resembling other discovered palaces in Borazjan.

The head of the archaeology team added that in Sang-e Siah 3 explorations led to the discovery of the roof of a settlement and part of a thermal structure along with pottery pieces probably belonging to the Achaemenid era and beyond it.

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