Location: Rayy, Tehran Province, Iran  
Other Names: تپه میل
Dates:  
Type of building: Chahar Taq
Material: Stucco, Ostraca
Fieldwork:  
  1955-1957 Ali Hakimi   — Excavation
  2008 Zarrin-Tāj Šeybāni   — Excavation
         
         
   
Description:
 
Bibliography:
  • Bashash Kanzaq, R., “Khordeh sofālhā-ye katibedār-e Tappeh Mil, Varāmin,” Nāme-ye Pazhuheshgāh-e Mirās-e Farhnagi, No. 6, 1383 H.S./2002, pp. 89-94. (PDF)
  • Compareti, Matteo. “Fragmentary Sasanian Sculptures Recently Found in Iran.”In Festschrift Biancamaria Amoretti Scarcia, edited by L. Capezzone, L. Rostagno, W. Dahmash, and
    D. Bredi, 409-19. Rome: Edizioni Q, 2008. (Link)
  • Hozhabri, Ali. “Proposing a Question; Is the Tepe Mil the Fire Temple of Ray? Examining the Chronology and Use of the Building Known as “Tepe Mil”, in Rayy.” In FARR‐e FIROUZ: Distinguished scholars of cultural heritage of Persia (Vol 5) Special Edition in Honor of Dr. Firouz Bagherzadeh, edited by Shahin Ariamanesh, 225-266. Tehran: Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, 2019. (PDF)
  • Naumann, R., “Tepe Mill. Ein Sasanidischer Palast,” Baghdader Mitteilungen, vol. 3, 1964, pp. 75-77.
  • Sheybani, Z., Tappeh Mil, unpublished report, the Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research, 1357 H.S./1978, 15 pages with 16 plates.
    Sheybani, Z., “Tappeh Mil,” Agāhināmeh. Journal of the National Office of the Conservation of Iranian Historical Monuments, No. 36, 1357 H.S./1978.