page_title: Eshkaft-e Salman
hierarchical_section_title: Eshkaft-e Salman
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Shekaft-e Salman with location of four Elamite reliefs
context_page_description: On the southwest side of the valley, 2.5 km from the town center of Izeh, southwest Iran, is the majestic “romantic grotto” of Shekaft-e Salman where a waterfall cascades seasonally over a high cliff-face, passing across the entrance to a natural cave below. Its waters merge with the spring water flowing out of the cave. Four reliefs, Shekaft-e Salman, were carved inside and to the right of the mouth of the cave. Similarities with inscribed brick panels at Susa advocate a 12ᵗʰ century BC date for the first two reliefs, depicting royal families and probably carved in connection with cultic activities pursued by the Shutrukid House in the open-air highland sanctuaries.
caption: View of Shekaft-e Salman with location of four Elamite Reliefs (J. Alvarez-Mon)
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