Posted on 05/07/2007 3:29:45 PM PDT by blam
Search on for ancient king with five rings of power
TEHRAN, May 6 (Mehr News Agency) -- Iranian archaeologists are searching for a king who possessed five rings of power. The rings were discovered by chance by the Khuzestan Water and Waste Water Company during a grading operation in the city of Ramhormoz, Khuzestan Province last week.
The rings have been discovered in two U-shaped coffins, which, unfortunately, have been seriously damaged by bulldozers.
They are similar to a ring that belonged to the Elamite king Kidin-Khutran (1235-1210 BC), whose coffin was discovered in 1982 in the ruins of the Elamite city of Arjan, which is located 10 kilometers north of the city of Behbahan in Khuzestan Province.
One of the gold rings has a cuneiform inscription, which is believed to be written in neo-Elamite. Gold rings of this type were a symbol of power and Elamite kings were buried wearing them.
Altogether, about 500 invaluable artifacts have been discovered near the coffins.
"More precise archaeological techniques are required to date these items of treasure," Abdorreza Peymani, an archaeologist of the Khuzestan Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Department, told the Persian service of CHN on Saturday.
"However, it seems that some of the artifacts date back to the neo-Elamite, Parthian, and Achaemenid periods, and the dynasties that once ruled in Mesopotamia," he added.
"The discovery has raised much speculation," Peymani said.
"To whom did these items belong? Did the rings belong to a single person, and if so, why did he have five? Why are Mesopotamian items being discovered in Iran?"
This extraordinary discovery of artifacts includes a golden armlet with herb motifs, two golden bracelets bearing dear-head patterns at each end, some ornamental stones also decorated with herb motifs, several bracelets, one of which bearing a cuneiform inscription, and a short golden cane.
Some 155 golden buttons of various sizes were also found, which will help archaeologists in the study of ancient costumes.
Several statuettes of goddesses, which originally must have come from Mesopotamia, have also been unearthed.
In addition, a golden necklace, golden plaques with herb motifs, 99 golden necklace beads, 23 golden necklace pendants of various sizes, three marble stone dishes, earthenware and bronze dishes, several bronze bracelets, metal tripods which were probably used as candlesticks, and a fish-shaped goddess ornament, which dates back to the second millennium BC., have been discovered at the site.
The fish goddess is in the form of a woman with a pleated skirt, her hands outstretched as if to indicate something. The fish-shaped part of the goddess is part of a decorative armrest of a throne.
GGG Ping.
They need to blow those artifacts up...they’re un-islamic.
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Ask Gandalf. He’s good with that “rings of power” thing. Or, if these are five GOLDEN rings, check between the four calling birds and the six maids a’milking.
I thought 9 “Rings of Power” were given to men, not 5.
Four were lost in the divorces. ;0D
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
- J R R Tolkien
Weren't 5 rings gifted to the Elf lords?
Find a long-dead king having only one arm, and the search would be over!
Just in case, though, maybe someone should throw 'em in a fire, just to make sure one of 'em doesn't start showing glowing runic script?
3 Rings for the Elven Kings under the sky, 7 for the Dwarf Lords in their halls of stone. 9 for mortal Men doomed to die. One for the Dark lord on his Dark Throne, in the land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them. One Ring to find them. One Ring to gather them, and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie.
3 for the Elves. Galadriel had one. Gandalf had another. I believe Elrond had the third.
These could be the ones given to the Dwarves. Several were eaten by dragons and were never recovered by Sauron. But now these are in the hands of Morgoth’s latest servant.
Iranian archaeologists are searching for a king who possessed five rings of power.
I think he might be dead by now ...
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