Darrūsدرروس
Location: Darrūs is both a locality and a neighborhood in the northern area of the city of Tehran, northern Iran, the Province of Tehran.
35°47’06.2″N 51°25’58.1″E
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Historical Period
Iron Age II
History and description
The village of Darrūs - now part of the city of Tehran - is situated to the south of Qolhak. A group of pottery vessels found fortuitously in the garden belonging to Mehdi-Qoli Khan-e Hedāyat was examined and published by Habibollah. Samadi. The vessels were kept in the private library of Hedāyat before being transferred to the Iran Bastan Museum (the National Museum of Iran) in 1953. The objects came from a graveyard within the area of Hedayat’s estate and were probably uncovered accidentally. The garden belonged to Mehdi-Qoli Khan-e Hedāyat known as Mokhberossaltaneh (1863-1955), who was Prime Minister in 1927 and in 1930, and the author of several important books on the history of his time. In 1953, after a visit of A. Godard and M.T. Mostafavi, Hedāyat donated ten vessels of his collection to the Museum.
Finds
Pottery: Typical Gray Ware of the Iron Age II period. Forms are goblets, plates, ceramic figurines.
Bibliography
Kambakhsh Fard, S., Tehran-e sehezārodevist saleh bar asās-e kavoshhāy-e bāstānshenāsi, Tehran, 1370/1991, p. 32.
Mousavi, A., “La région de Téhéran à l’aube de l’âge du Fer: reflexions et commentaires sur les nécropoles du IIe millénaire av. J.-C.,” Iranica Antiqua, vol. 36, 2001, p. 156.
Samadi, H., “Ettelā’ātt-e ejmāli darbārey-e chand zarf-e makshoufeh dar Darrūs, Shemirān,” Gozāreshhāy-e Bāstānshenāsi, vol. 3, 1334/1955, pp. 139-146.
Samadi, H., L'état de la civilisation chez l'homme pré-médique et les découvertes fortuites, Tehran, 1969, fig. 64-70.
Vanden Berghe, L., L'Archéologie de l'Iran ancien, Leiden, 1959, pp. 124, 196, pl. 159a.
