Persiana/museum

Azarbaijan Museum in East Azarbaijan province of Iran (Many images on the page)

"Azarbaijan Museum, consists of the following three main sections:

A) Ethnological Section, representing costumes and characteristics of various tribes and people of Iran;
B) Archaeological Section, exhibiting objects dating back to the fourth millennium BC. Here one can see coins, weapons, decorative objects, domestic utensils and tile works.
These objects were excavated in Mushlan, Hassanlu, Qara Tappeh, Khosrow Shah, [Jiroft] and Marlik.
C) History of Constitutional Revolution Section [early 1900s], containing photographs and documents of interest from the Constitutional Revolution of Iran."


Combination lock, 11th century AD,
Secret letters: K, D, A, Y


A royal silver plate, Sassanid period (226-651 AD)


1st millenium BC jewelry


(Not clear what's written on the plaque.
If I recall correctly this unexpected discovery is a
prehistoric statue of Rustam, a legendary hero written about
much later in Shahnameh around 1000 AD.)


3rd millenium BC object in the form of snakes, from Jiroft, Kerman


More info from another page:
"Present building of Azerbaijan Museum, is located at the center of Tabriz. Museum including three exhibition halls, (37x12 sq. m), some office rooms and library, is one of the largest museums of Iran.

This museum containing 4600 registered antiques and artistic items, one hundred valuable hand written books as well as 2500 books in print about history, archeology and art, attracts those who are interested in Iranian Culture and Art."

A note: any [pre]historic item posted on my pages are from the civilizations of Iran, unless otherwise stated.

Rose water sprinklers, Azarbaijan Museum, Iran



Extraction and use of rose water in Iran is a practice and tradition that dates from antiquity.