Marlik Cup is a cup of pure gold and is 18 cm high. The height of the prominent designs of the cup reaches 2 cm. [citation needed] Pattern of the Marlik Cup on the five hundred rial banknotes of the Pahlavi era. The mound at Mārlik is a rocky outcrop capped by several meters of sediment.

The Marlik Cup is unique and is 18 cm. in height and is of pure gold. The center of which reveals the pattern of the tree of life, with two bewinged cows on either side. At the base of the cup is a beautiful flower intricately engraved.

A number of vessels similar in form and technique to this one have been excavated in the rich burials at Marlik, a site southwest of the Caspian Sea in northern Iran; one is also known from Susa, in southwestern Iran. On the body of the cup, four gazelles, framed horizontally by guilloche bands, walk in procession to the left.

Apr 5, 2025 · The majority of the vessels are in excellent condition and therefore likely come from clandestine excavations of local megalithic tombs built by a Indo-Iranian people considered to be part of the Marlik Culture (Negahban 1996:325).

Marlik was officially excavated in the 60s - 53 stone-lined tombs were discovered, ranging widely in structure, size and type of stone used - the largest are entirely of imported stone. Many impressive grave-goods were unearthed, most notably some beautiful golden cups, decorated with animal motifs in high relief.

Jâm-e Mârlik (Marlik Cup) represents the great civilization of Gohar valley in Gilan province, according to a researcher Hossein Mousavi. Speaking to ISNA, he said that the civilization in the area is so rich that it won the admiration of researchers throughout the world.

مارلیک نام یک محوطه باستانی در دره «گوهررود» در روستای نصفی، دهستان رحمت‌آباد در شهرستان رودبار می باشد. تپه مارلیک یکی از 5 تپه باستانی این منطقه و برای سال‌ ها محل سکونت اجداد ثروتمند گیلانی ‌ها بوده است. تپه ‌های پیلاقلعه، زینب بیجار، دوربیجار و جازم کول، چهار تپه‌ دیگر این ناحیه هستند.

Marlik gold cup, Excavated at Marlik, Gilan, Iran. First half of first millennium BC. Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, Silver, 3100–2900 b.c. Proto–Elamite period, Southwestern Iran.

This beaker is raised from a single sheet of gold with a flared rim and rounded edge at the foot. It shows four stags, depicted in profile, proceeding to the right, while the bottom of the vessel is decorated with an incised compass-drawn circle within which is a sixteen-petalled rosette.

The Marlik Style Gold Cup has a design of three vultures. Each bird treads on the supine body of a gazelle. This essay is trying to interpret the design and reports the dating of the cup through the U-He Radiogenic clock method at the Hermitage Museum.