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Rock ArtSite Name: Qobu
Country: Azerbaijan
NOTE: This site is 3.241 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Baku
Latitude: 40.376780N  Longitude: 49.720080E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
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5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Qobu submitted by kurgan : Qobu Circular Rock Carving. This curious carving comprised 18 perimeter cup marks in an almost complete circle and four internal cup marks arranged in a letter ‘C’ shape. An external larger cup mark orients the figure to the south east. The carving sits on top of a well preserved rock shelter. I suspect the carving may well have a calendric function perhaps to do with lunar cycles. Comment... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cup and Ring marks / Rock Art in Azerbaijan

This curious carving comprised 18 perimeter cup marks in an almost complete circle and four internal cup marks arranged in a letter ‘C’ shape. An external larger cup mark orients the figure to the south east. The carving sits on top of a well preserved rock shelter. I suspect the carving may well have a calendric function perhaps to do with lunar cycles. Comments are invited as to the function of the carving
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Qobu submitted by kurgan : Stone Age Vandalism. The boulder shown is one of three in the area to the south of Baku that shows, in this case a large cup a mark or bullaun that has been split in two. It would appear that these large stones have been deliberately cleaved to destroy theme from whatever use they were used for. The cleaving process seems to involve cutting three aligned grooves then I assume either splitti... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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