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The souvenir of the president’s trip from America was 3506 historical tablets belonging to the Achaemenid period


The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts stated: The souvenir of the President’s trip to America was 3506 historical tablets belonging to the Achaemenid period, blessed nation.



According to Moj News Agency, Minister of Cultural Heritage Ezzatullah Zarghami published an article on his virtual page and wrote: Souvenirs of the President’s trip to America 3506 Historical plaque Belonging to the period Achaemenid The nation was blessed with these tablets in one place in 1311 Persepolis Pahlavi first sent 30,000 discovered tablets to America to be studied by the Institute of Oriental Studies in Chicago.

Tablets belonging to the period of Darius I and in cuneiform, Elamite and Aramaic language. Its content is related to issues such as social relations, basic needs, life, resource management, wage economy, etc.

The boards in 9 boxes weighing 75 kg each and measuring 129.7 cm x 70 cm x 57.9 cm were delivered to our country’s representative office in New York on September 8, 1402. * Last night, after Mr. President’s speech, Faraja was transferred to the desired location through special ceremonies, following security and protection protocols and with a special escort.

I would like to thank the sincere cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the legal department of the presidential institution and all those who have cooperated and accompanied this national project in the past.

Experts from the Ministry of Heritage are scheduled to travel to the United States in November this year to comment on the remaining plates and objects and to take the next steps to transfer the rest of them.


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