TEHRAN-- An earthenware container, estimated to go back to the Sassanid age (224-- 651), has recently been uncovered accidentally in Dishmok, a mountainous town in southwestern Kohgiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad province, a senior police official in charge of securing cultural heritage has said.Recent rains and landslides have revealed the historic relic in this area, Mokhtar Torab said on Wednesday.As soon as residents reported discovering a historical object, an unit was dispatched to the area and the big container was taken out of the ground, the main added.In numerous methods, Iran under Sassanian guideline experienced significant achievements of Persian civilization.

Professionals state that the art and architecture of the country experienced a basic renaissance during Sassanid rule.In that era, crafts such as metalwork and gem engraving grew highly sophisticated, as scholarship was encouraged by the state; numerous works from both the East and West were translated into Pahlavi, the main language of the Sassanians.The legendary wealth of the Sassanian court is completely verified by the existence of more than one hundred examples of bowls or plates of rare-earth element known at present.

One of the finest examples is the silver plate with partial gilding in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The dynasty was damaged by Arab invaders during a span from 637 to 651.

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