Tepe Sharbatتپه شربت
Location: Situated 20 km north of Urmia, in northwestern Iran, West Azerbaijan Province.
37°43’33.4″N 45°09’08.2″E
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Historical Period
Bronze Age, Iron Age
History and description
Tepe Sharbat is in the vicinity of the village of Abājānlū, 20 km north/northeast of Urmia. Tepe Sharbat has an elliptical shape and measures 200 x 180 with a height of 6 m above the surrounding plain. The western edge of the mound has been destroyed because of farming activities and the surface of the mound is dotted with clandestine excavation holes. The surface potsherds suggest a date ranging from the Late Bronze Age to the Iron Age periods.
Archaeological Exploration
Tepe Sharbat was discovered during an archaeological survey in northwestern Iran by an Italian team under the direction of Paolo Emilio Pecorella on behalf of the Institute of Mycenaean and Aegean-Anatolian Studies (now the Institute of the Ancient Mediterranean Studies), Italy’s National Research Council (CNR), in 1976.
Bibliography
Pecorella, P. E. and M. Salvini, Tra lo Zagros e l’Urmia. Ricerche Storiche ed Archologiche Nell’Azerbaigian Iraniano, Rome, 1984, p. 148.
