 In the 1960s American archeologists working in the Shushdagh mountains near the ancient city of Jygamish in Iranian Azerbaijan, uncovered a number of rare clay plates which dated back to around 6000 BCE which depicted musicians at a council, holding a komuz-like instrument to their chests.The golcha gopuz was mentioned in the epic "Book of Dede Korkut".The temir komuz is made of iron usually with a length of and with a width of approximately .