The Jiroft culture, also known as the Intercultural style or the Halilrud style, is an early Bronze Age archaeological culture, located in the territory of present-day Sistan and Baluchestan and Kermā
’Handbag-shaped object’/‘handle weight’, depicting Master of animals carved in chlorite, Jiroft, Kerman ca. 2500 BC, Bronze Age I, National Museum of Iran
’Handbag-shaped object’/‘handle weight’ with bas reliefs depicting Scorpion men
Jiroft vase of goblet form depicting Master of Animals flanked by leopards, 2800-2300 BC
Jiroft vase, 2800-2300 BC
Marhaši was an important ancient Near East polity situated in the region near Elam. It is generally assumed, though not certain, that the Paraḫšum/Baraḫšum of the Akkadian Empire period referred to Ma
Jiroft culture
…from a number of scholars. Other conjectures (e.g. Daniel T. Potts, Piotr Steinkeller) have connected Konar Sandal with the obscure city-state of Marhashi, that apparently lay to the east of Elam proper. Prehistoric Iran…
Account of the victories of Rimush, king of Akkad, over Abalgamash, king of Marhaši, and upon Elamite cities. Louvre Museum AO5476. In several inscriptions, Rimush described his conquest of Elam and Marhashi far to the east of Sumer, even mentioning victories over troops of Meluhha.
Prisoner of the Akkadian Empire, nude, fettered, drawn by nose ring, with pointed beard and vertical braid. Fragment of a vase possibly from Warka, ancient Uruk. Louvre museum.
The area of Jiroft and the Jiroft culture may correspond to the ancient country of Marhashi.