Archaeological Gazetteer of Iran

Sang-e Siāh, Borāzjānسنگ سیاه، برازجان

The site is located in the Dashtestan region in southern Iran, the Province of Bushehr.

29°20’18.22″N  51° 9’47.72″E

 

 

 

 

 

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Historical Period

Achaemenid

History and description

Sang-e Siāh (Black Stone) is located 10 km northwest of Borāzjān, in the region of Dashtestan. The archaeological site is about 400 m from the Dālaki River which flows in the south. The building consists of a central, columned hall, 24 x 20 m, with two rows of eight columns (fig. 1). The column bases were made of four square plinths caped with a torus. The columns were probably in wood with gypsum plaster. Four columned porticoes were located on the sides of the central hall, with the eastern portico being larger and having 28 columns.

Archaeological Exploration

The site was first reported by Ali Akbar Sarfaraz in 1971 (Sarfaraz, “Kashf-e kākhi az ahd-e Kurosh-e Kabir,” p. 20. In the winter and spring of 1977, Esmail Yaghmaei excavated the site of Sang-e Siāh (Yaghmaei, “Sang-e Siāh,” pp. 99-108) and dated the remains to the reign of Cyrus II’s predecessors, Cambyses I or Cyrus I (Yaghmaei, Bardak-e Siāh, p. 193). The palatial building at Sang-e Siāh was completely destroyed in recent farming activities (Yaghmaei, Kākh-e Bardak-e Siāh, pp. 194-196).

Bibliography

Sarfaraz, A., “Kashf-e kākhi az ahd-e Kourosh-e Kabir dar sāhel-e Khalij-e Fars,” Bāstanchenāsi va Honar-e Iran, Nos. 7-8, pp. 19-31.

Yaghmaei, E., “Sang-i Sīāh: A Palace that No Longer Exists. An Investigation on the Achaemenid Palace of Sang-i Sīāh; Daštestān-Bushehr,” Archaeology, vol. 3/1, 2019, pp. 83-98 (in Persian with abstract in English).

Yaghmaei, E., Kākh-e Bardak-e Siāh. Dashtestān, Borazjan, Tehran, 1397/2018.

Zehbari, Z., “The Borazjan Monuments: A Synthesis of Past and Recent Works,” ARTA 2020.002. http://www.achemenet.com/pdf/arta/ARTA_2020_002_Zehbari.pdf

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