French archaeologist says Ur royal tomb artifacts came from Burnt City

MehrNews.com:

French archaeologist Michele Casanova said that the artifacts unearthed from the royal tombs in the ancient Sumerian city of Ur came from Iran?s 5200-year-old Burnt City, the Persian service of CHN reported on Friday.

?Now, we are almost certain that the beautiful artifacts discovered in the city of Ur had been brought from the Burnt City, Jiroft, and Central Asia. This fact raises many questions, including why trade relations were established between the regions,? Casanova said.

Casanova, who is also an expert on ornamental stones and particularly lapis lazuli, and several other foreign archaeologists are working together with the Iranian team at the Burnt City, near the city of Zabol in Sistan-Baluchestan Province.

?The most interesting point is that all the ornamental dishes made of soapstone have been discovered in temples and royal tombs,? noted Casanova, who is also a professor at the University of Rennes.

?This fact indicates that ornamental dishes were very common, so the artifacts were buried with ordinary people. However, such dishes had been brought to Mesopotamia as a precious object for temples and royal families,? he explained.

An artificial eye is one of the most amazing artifacts discovered at the Burnt City during the current excavations led by Mansur Sajjadi.

The team also discovered an earthenware bowl at the Burnt City which bears images of what experts believe is the world?s oldest ?animated? picture drawn around it.

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