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Kurangun Rock Relief

Related to Mamasani city (located in Fars province)
Also known as: Korangoon Rock Relief, Kurangun Relief, Koorangan Inscription, koorangoon, Goorangun Rock Relief, Kurangun Inscription
Kurangun Relief is located in Fars Province of Iran and is a site of an Elamite rock reliefs. The bas-relief is important since it is the only Elamite bas-relief bearing images of the Elamite deities. The antiquity of these monuments dates back to the 3rd century BC. This relief shows a God with horned crown sitting on a throne. Behind him sits a goddess ...
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Kurangun Rock Relief (Inscriptions)
The central scene is a classification of around 1700 v. Chr. Considered. The flanking reliefs date, however, probably more than 1,000 years later, in the eighth or seventh century BC. | Copyright: Ernst Herzfeld
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Kurangun Rock Relief (Inscriptions)
The paramapadam in Vaishnavism is depicted with Vishnu (Narayana) sitting on a coiled serpent (Anantha Sesha) along with Goddess Lakshmi, Bhoodevi (Earth) etc and surrounded by other gods, rishis, his devotees.
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Kurangun Rock Relief (Inscriptions)
This relief shows a God with horned crown sitting on a throne. Behind him sits a goddess who is crowned in the same way. Both hold snakes in one hand. | Copyright: Ernst Herzfeld
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Kurangun Rock Relief (Inscriptions)
Kurangun Relief in Fars Province of Iran depictis a God & Goddess seated on a coiled serpent, surrounded by many, similar to Vishnu & Lakshmi in Vaikuntam | Copyright: Ernst Herzfeld
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Kurangun Rock Relief (Inscriptions)
Inschuschinak and napirisha have been proposed, since it is the classic pair of gods in the Elamite pantheon. However, this is a controversy. | Copyright: Ernst Herzfeld
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Kurangun Rock Relief (Inscriptions)
This relief shows a God with horned crown sitting on a throne. Behind him sits a goddess who is crowned in the same way. Both hold snakes in one hand.
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Kurangun Rock Relief (Inscriptions)
Elamite Rock Reliefs Depicting Divine Couple and Worshipers as well as Attendants Wearing Long Pigtails
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Kurangun Rock Relief (Inscriptions)
Elam (/ˈiːləm/) was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of what is now modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province as well as a small part of southern Iraq.
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Kurangun Rock Relief (Inscriptions) - Fars Province
This relief shows a God with horned crown sitting on a throne. Behind him sits a goddess who is crowned in the same way. Both hold snakes in one hand.
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