M.Saryan Kara Dag Mountain.
 

M.Saryan Kara Dag Mountain 17x33

I do not presume to judge the authenticity of the picture, but it is not Qara Dagh, and Mount Ara.


Behind the sign "folk-Qara Dagh", do not know if in '32 so they called it the Kurds live nearby.

Tell me, how much are the mountains?
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Kara-Dag on any of the Turkic languages ​​literally means " Black Mountain ", but the Kurds are not Turks, Persians but rather, it is the Iranian language group.
No?

True, but in the language of Turkic words are. I can not imagine where else could appear the Turkic name , because in the mountains we have engaged in sheep farming is the Kurds .
In any case, that's the first time I learned that " Ara ler ," as we all call her , " in a national " Kara -Dag . " <! - ~ 3 ~ ->
With this mountain of a related body of legends about Ara the Beautiful and Semiramis . ( Shamir )

According to legend, the mountain was named after the king Ara the Beautiful . During the battle against the Assyrian queen Semiramis , Ara has arranged his army at the foot of Araler , and the queen took up positions on the slopes of Atys .

MacDougall's, 29 November 2007, lot 87.
Estimate 120-180 thousand pounds.
Nursing - 123 000 pounds.
Examination of Petrov.


http://www.macdougallauction.com/all...il.asp?id=1472


I wonder what the price today.

very interesting.