Arjan bowl

It was discovered in 1982 after a bulldozer working on the Marun Dam project cut into a rock tomb near Behbahan, Iran.

The bowl is engraved with five concentric registers around a central rosette, and contains an inscription in the Elamite language which translates to "Kidin-Hutran son of Kurlush."

The tomb covers an area of about 3.75 km2 (1.45 sq mi), with only scattered traces of buildings, walls, a castle, a qanat, a dam, and a bridge across the nearby Marun river.

Arjan tray drawings include five painting circles in its center, a sixteen-pointed flower (similar to a Helianthus annuus sunflower, and a type of chrysanthemum).

A row of lions, cattle, and birds are associated with various rituals, and the seven circles or rings in the tray represent the sacred number seven.

[3] The Flowers of Sixteen Feathers in the center of the Arjan tray is an important work that exists in many civilizations.

[5][6] Elam was an ancient Iranian civilization centered in the far west and south-west of what is now modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam provinces as well as a small part of southern Iraq.