Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Kazem Mollazadeh ¹
• ali binandeh ²

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology Faculty of Art and Architecture Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology Faculty of Art and architecture Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

Abstract

‌Southern basin of Urmia Lake has faced the significant political, cultural, and artistic evolutions during the first millennium BC. Rising and development of local governments caused progresses in arts especially in the metal working productions. Gargul belt was discovered fragmentarily in 2009 at Gargul village about 35 Km to Hasanlu. The belt was discovered as nine fragmentary pieces of a 95 cm bronze plate. The main centrally decoration of the belt has been worked on the buckle. Although, manufacturer did not focus on details in Gargul belt, apparently the depictions inspired by Assyrian and created out by local artist. At 1st millennium BC, there are local, Assyrian, Urartu, and sometimes Schythian artistic styles at southern basin of Urmia Lake, however, Gargul belt clearly would introduce a local artistic style that is apparent in the findings from Hasanlu, Ziwyeh and Ghalaichi which have been  partially comparable to Mannaean art. The belt of Gargul can be attributed to one of rulers or commanders of Gilzanu at 2nd half of 9th century or later when the Solduz plain was occupied by Urartuians.

Keywords

• Gargul belt
• Mannaean art
• Iron Age
• Bronze Belts
• Assyrian art