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- Title
DID THE ARABIAN ORYX OCCUR IN IRAN?
- Authors
DEVILLERS, Anne
- Abstract
The Arabian Oryx is traditionally considered to have occurred in the Arabian Peninsula, Jordan, Syria and Iraq. No data suggest its presence east of the Euphrates and yet the species is occasionally found in the art of south-western and south-eastern Iran. The examples discussed come from glyptic material from Susa and from the chlorite vessels of the Jiroft region. These representations could be the indicator of small relict populations of Oryx trapped on the Iranian side of the Persian Gulf by the rise of sea levels in the early Holocene.
- Subjects
JORDAN; SYRIA; IRAQ; ARABIAN Peninsula; ARABIAN oryx; GLYPTICS
- Publication
Iranica Antiqua, 2013, Vol 48, p1
- ISSN
0021-0870
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2143/IA.48.0.2184693