TEHRAN -- Iran’s most intact jar burial, which dates back to the Elamite era, was transferred to the Haft-Tappeh Museum last week.

Containing a skeleton in fetal position, the jar was discovered during the latest excavation carried out several months ago at Haft-Tappeh, a major Elamite site near Susa in Khuzestan Province, the Persian service of CHN reported on Tuesday.
“This is the first time such an intact jar burial has been unearthed at an ancient Iranian site. For this reason, it is being prepared for public display at the museum,” Director of the Restoration Department of the Haft-Tappeh and Chogha Zanbil Center Kazem Borhani said.
“Urgent actions were taken to preserve the artifact in situ in order to safely transfer it to the center for restoration,” he stated.
A piece of the jar has been removed to enable visitors to see the skeleton inside it, Borhani explained.
An anthropologist has begun a series of studies to determine the gender of the skeleton, which is believed to date back to the Middle Elamite period (c. 1500-1100 BC).