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The earliest evidence of tattoos in the Iranian culture area is the almost completely tattooed body of a Scythian chief in Pazyryk Mound (a burial area in the Altai Mountain in Siberian Russia), which dates from the 5th century BCE

Tattooing also occurred early in the Persian Empire. Under the Achaemenids slaves wore a brand or mark that indicated the deity or the worldly master that owned them. The identification mark could be a sign or a letter of the alphabets. The names of the successive owners were also marked. According to Herodotus, Xerxes had his slaves and Greek prisoners of war tattooed or branded