Shami
sanctuary · 330 BC – 2099 AD
Site in the Shami Valley (Khuzestan Province, Iran), a settlement or sanctuary of the Parthian period (ca. 2nd century BCE-2nd century CE). In 1936, a team led by Marc Aurel Stein uncovered a bronze sculpture (the "Shami statue") at the site.
- Coordinates
- 32.05335, 49.69034
- Also known as
- Kal-e Chendar, Kal Chenār (fa), کل چنار (fa)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)