Ishag Jafarzadeh

{{Short description|Azerbaijani archaeologist (1895–1982)}}

Ishag Mammadrza oglu Jafarzadeh ({{langx|az|İshaq Məmmədrza oğlu Cəfərzadə}}; August 14, 1895 in Ganja – January 5, 1982, in Baku) was one of the pioneers of Azerbaijan archaeology and ethnography. He excavated over seventy artifacts on Azerbaijan's territory and studied the Gobustan rock paintings.Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia (1987), vol. 10, pp. 430-431 In 1948, during the Gobustan expedition, he discovered the Latin rock inscription near mountain Boyukdash, 70 km from Baku, which is the easternmost Roman evidence to be known.{{Cite web |url=http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/12212/Qobustan-Petroglyphs-and-Mud-Volcanoes-Qobustan-105 |title=Qobustan - Petroglyphs and Mud Volcanoes > Qobustan National Reserve |access-date=2009-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211010905/http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/12212/Qobustan-Petroglyphs-and-Mud-Volcanoes-Qobustan-105 |archive-date=2009-02-11 |url-status=dead }}