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title: God Roundel, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7991/god-roundel-rock-cut-tombs-of-qizqapan/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# God Roundel, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![God Roundel, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7991.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7991.jpg)

## Image Caption

Detail of the relief carved at the façade of the rock-cut tombs of Ashkawt-i Qizqapan (Kurdish: The Cave of the Ravisher or the Cave of the Raped/Abducted Girl). This roundel, of a [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) emblem, lies above the entrance into the main [burial](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) chamber and above the main relief of the standing men and altar. A bearded crowned man sits within a circle; the lower part of the circle is thickened and resembles a lunar crescent. He wears a long robe. The divine figure holds a barsom (a ritual object) with his right hand and the left palm faces upwards and a holds an oval object (it is not clear what this object is). He stands on or rises up from the lunar crescent. Median-[Achaemenid](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Achaemenid/) Period, 600-550 BCE. Near Zarzi village and the Palaeolithic cave of Zarzi, Chemi Rezan Valley, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan.

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2018, January 23). God Roundel, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7991/god-roundel-rock-cut-tombs-of-qizqapan/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "God Roundel, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 23, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7991/god-roundel-rock-cut-tombs-of-qizqapan/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "God Roundel, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Jan 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7991/god-roundel-rock-cut-tombs-of-qizqapan/>.

## License & Copyright

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