A Study on Metal Objects of the Iron Age in Masjed-e-Kabud Located in Tabriz

Abstract

Excavation of the archaeological site of Masjed-e-Kabud (blue mosque) is important regarding time. It is related to a time period which is more ambiguous than other time periods in the whole archaeological period of Iran and the Middle East. The present paper attempts to compare the metal objects found in the archaeological site of Masjed-e-Kabud with those of regions such as Hasanlu, Dinkhah Tepe, Lorestan (first millennium), Qaleh Kuti I of Deylaman, Talish, and Jamshid abad in order to determine their cultural relations. Moreover, understanding the method of making metal objects dating back to the late second-early first millennium could clarify the history and civilization of this period.  The research follows library studies and it has acquired information on the archaeological sites of Masjed-e-Kabud and other contemporary sites.  The metal objects found during five periods of Masjed-e-Kabud excavation have also been studies, categorized, and compared with the metal objects found in the present sites.