Carabinieri Tpc return a seventeenth-century funerary stele to Iran

The work presents inscriptions in Arabic and Farsi and was found in the 2015 near the cemetery of Ferentino (FR).

A stone funerary stele, from the 2015th century, with inscriptions in Arabic and Farsi back home. Brigadier General Fabrizio Parrulli, Carabinieri Commander for Cultural Heritage Protection (TPC), handed over to Jahanbakhsh Mozaffari, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Italy, the funerary stele recovered by the Carabinieri in August XNUMX after being abandoned by the criminals, probably for fear of being discovered, near the cemetery of Ferentino (FR). The TPC proceeded to carry out the investigative investigations and to direct those of a scientific nature which demonstrated the authenticity of the stele and the certain provenance from the Islamic Republic of Iran, the country which is the custodian of one of the oldest and richest cultural in the world.

The insights, moreover, allowed to identify the inscription in an epitaph in Persian, with italic writing called "Nasta'liq", showing verses and some formulas that describe the value, the qualities and the name of the deceased. This redelivery ceremony testifies to the importance that Italy attaches to the culture of restitution: a commitment that finds, increasingly, significant correspondences in foreign countries where Italian goods have been stolen and illegally exported. "The restitution of the stele - explain the Carabinieri of the TPC -, which will allow the Iranian community to reconstruct historical, cultural and social paths that otherwise would have been lost, is further evidence of the fruitful collaboration, consolidated over time, between the Carabinieri Command Cultural Heritage Protection and the Islamic Republic of Iran ".

Source: Agcult