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title: Roundel Detail, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan
author: Sulaymaniyah Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8003/roundel-detail-rock-cut-tombs-of-qizqapan/
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# Roundel Detail, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8003.jpg)
## Image Caption
A close-up image of the central roundel of the divine emblem 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 image was shot just before the restoration/conservation work, which was carried out by the Directorate General of Antiquities of Sulaymaniyah in late 2002. The date of the image is October 24, 2002. Note the modern writings and the modern sketch of a human figure riding on a horseback (vandalism) as well the traces of the original red colour on the crown and the dark green robe. Median-[Achaemenid](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Achaemenid/) Period, 600-330 BCE. Near Zarzi village and the Palaeolithic cave of Zarzi, Chemi Rezan Valley, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. Photo courtesy Hashim Hama Abdullah, director of the Sulaymaniyah Museum.
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## Cite This Work
### APA
Museum, S. (2018, January 23). Roundel Detail, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museum, Sulaymaniyah. "Roundel Detail, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 23, 2018. .
### MLA
Museum, Sulaymaniyah. "Roundel Detail, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Jan 2018, .
## License & Copyright
Original image by **Sulaymaniyah Museum**. Submitted by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/ "User Page: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin"), published on 23 January 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Copyright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright). You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.