Ishag Jafarzadeh


Ishag Mammadrza oglu Jafarzadeh was one of the pioneers of Azerbaijan archaeology and ethnography. He excavated over seventy artifacts on Azerbaijan's territory and studied the Gobustan rock paintings. In 1948, during the Gobustan expedition, he discovered the Latin rock inscription near mountain Boyukdash, 70 km from Baku, which is the easternmost Roman evidence to be known.

Works

  • "Azərbaycanın qədim tarixi", Azərb. SSR EA Tarix və Fəlsəfə İnstitutunun əsərləri, c. 1, B., 1961
  • Историко-археологический очерк очерк старой Ганджи , Б., 1949
  • Гобустан. Наскальные изображения, Б., 1973