Tepe Nush-i Jan
Nush-i Jan · Tepe Nushi Jan · Noushijan
Median (c.750–550 BCE)·Median·🇮🇷 Hamadan Province, Western Iran, Iran
About
About Tepe Nush-i Jan
Median period fire-temple complex (3 ha) on a low hill near Malayer, excavated by David Stronach. Median levels (c.750–550 BCE) comprise a central columned hall with two side chambers, a fire temple with stepped altar and vaulted shrine, and a fort. Deliberately filled c.550 BCE.
Why it mattersKey Hamadan Province, Western Iran sequence for Median (c.750–550 BCE); median religious-administrative complex with fire temple.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Tepe Nush-i Jan relative to neighbouring centres?
Theories
- 01Regional centre hypothesis for Hamadan Province
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Median c.750 BCE
- Period
- Median (c.750–550 BCE)
- Culture
- Median
- Builders
- Median communities
- Purpose
- Median religious-administrative complex with fire temple
- Rediscovered
- 20th century survey
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
1960
Foundation/earliest horizon
1980
Major excavations
2020
Conservation/monitoring
On the ground
Structures & features
34.3600° N · 48.6200° E · 1800 m · 2 mapped features
Columned hall
hallCentral hall with two rows of timber columns and side chambers
34.3602° N · 48.6203° EFire temple
templeVaulted shrine with stepped fire altar
34.3598° N · 48.6197° E
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