Tash-kʾirman Tepe

Tash-kʾirman Tepe is a hill of ruins in present-day Uzbekistan in the Tash-kʾirman oasis. The ruins lie northeast of the modern city of Beruniy . Here is a grub Karakalpak - Australian archaeological team between 1996 and 2000 a Khwarazmian of temple from the 4th century. Was in operation until the 3rd century AD. The temple stood isolated in the landscape. No settlement remains could be observed in the vicinity. A distinction was made between two construction stages.

In the second stage, the temple stood on a platform about 100 meters long and 30 to 50 meters wide. The actual temple on the platform consisted of a series of rooms and corridors. In the center of the complex was a room with an altar for fire. The whole complex is probably a fire temple . The temple was probably abandoned with the arrival of the Kushana in Khorezmia. There are no signs of violence. Accordingly, the facility was almost empty because all objects were taken away when leaving the facility.

literature

• Alison VG Betts, Vadim N. Yagodin: The Fire Temple at Tash-kʾirman Tepe , In: Joe Cribb, Georgina Herrmann: After Alexander, Central Asia before Islam . Oxford 2007, pp. 435-453, ISBN 978-019-726384-6
• SW Helms, VN Yagodin, AVG Betts, G. Khozhaniyazov, F. Kidd: Five Seasons of Excavations in the Tash-k'irman Oasis of Ancient Chorasmia, 1996-2000. An interim report. In: Iran , Vol. 39, 2001, pp. 119–144

Coordinates: 41 ° 49 ′ 18.4 "  N , 60 ° 48 ′ 41.4"  E