Zabol, Nov 24, IRNA -- Head of an international archaeological delegation Seyd Mansour Sajjadi announced here on Sunday that a painting of Achamenid era has been unearthed during recent excavations at Shahr-e Soukhteh and Zabol Dahaneh Gholaman area.

He told IRNA, "New information on a building in the Achamenid city of Dahaneh Gholaman in Zabol were obtained in the course of its recent excavation."

According to him, during the Achamenid era, Dahaneh Gholaman was known to be a religious city with industrial workshops where some of its requirements were produced.

Sajjadi added, "A charming painting discovered at one of the rooms of the Achamenian monument illustrates a standing figure in a single-horse carriage releasing an arrow to hunt a running boar."

He said that the painting's particular significance is owing to its close similarity to a cylindrical seal belonging to the Great Darius found by the Oxus (Amoudarya) river bank before World War II.

"The unearthed artifact is currently kept at the British Museum in London," he added.

He also referred to other paintings unearthed along with this one, which are being cleaned, since some have been eroded by termite and salt.

In old days, Dahaneh Gholaman consisted of residential districts, arge public buildings, a temple, an industrial district and the urban treasury.

The Achamenian city was first unearthed in the course of the archaeological survey conducted by Italians in 1960, who continued their survey between 1962-5 and identified 27 buildings, every one of which ranged around 2,000-3,000 square meters in area.

Dahaneh Gholaman is located 46 kms from the city of Zabol.

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