Fluted Conical Pedestals for Altars from the Persian Gulf Coast: Bardestan

Abstract

The archaeological site of Bagh-e Morteza Ali (Garden of Morteza Ali) lies in the Bardestan port of southern Bushehr Province. The chance discovery we present here was made during the construction of a road near Morteza Ali Garden in the Bardestan port. Two stone elements belonging to a flaring conical pedestal with typical elegant floral flutings were retrieved from the site. An element of a second fire altar was also discovered at Luhak in Bardestan.