Oqteppa shahri Panjakent

Oqteppa, dimnai mansub ba asrhoi 5—12, ki 1 kilometr garbtari shahri Panjakent, dar sohili chapi daryoi Za­razilsya voqe ast. Masohatash 250 X 50— 60 metr. Oqteppa az kuhandiz va shahrcha iborat ast. Oqtepparo soli 1947 O. I. Smir­nova kashf namud. Soli 1976 bostonshinosi tojik A. I. Ishoqov ba hafriyoti arkheologii on shuru kard. Kuhandizi Oqteppa dar asrhoi 5—7 kushki zamindori kalone budaast. Devorhoyash tirkashhoi rostkunja, kunjhoyash manorahoi mustahkami posbonnishin doshtaast. Dar asri 8 binohoi kushkro bo khoku loy pur karda, dar boloi on 11 khonai istiqomatii duoshyona sokhtaand.

Dar dokhill shahrcha 13 khonai istiqomati va khojagi kushoda shud. Bazei in khonaho bo naqshu nigor oro yoftaand. Az kuhandizu binohoi shahrcha tangahoi ziyod, zarfhoi sa­foli, masnuoti ruzgor va asbobhoi zebu zinat yoft shudand.

Adabiyot: Isakov A. I., Raskopki goro­disha Aktepe bliz Pendjikenta, AO, 1976, Moskva, 1977.