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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798311203321

Titolo

The Parthian and early Sasanian empires : adaptation and expansion : proceedings of a conference held in Vienna, 14-16 June 2012 / / edited by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : Oxbow Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78570-962-3

1-78570-208-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 pages)

Collana

Archaeological Monographs Series

Disciplina

935/.064

Soggetti

Parthians

Sassanids

Iran History To 640 Congresses

Iran History 640-1256 Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Historical -- Some aspects of political history : early Arsacid kings and the Seleucids / Jérôme Gaslain -- The Arsacids and Commagene / Rahim Shayegan -- Dynastic connections in the Arsacid empire and the origins of the house of Sasan / Marek Jan Olbrycht -- From terror to tactical usage : elephants in the Partho-sasanian period / Touraj Daryaee -- Remarks on the location of the province of Parthia in the Sasanian period / Mehrdad Ghodrat-Dizaji -- The birth of the Sasanian monarchy in western sources / Andrea Gariboldi -- Kirder and the re-organisation of Persian Mazdeism / Antonio Panaino -- Linguistic -- The Parthian language in early Sasanian times / Rika Gyselen -- From Aramaic to Pahlavi : epigraphic observations based on the Persis coin series / Khodadad Rezakhani -- Parthian studies : two new notes / Daryoosh Akbarzadeh -- Archaeological -- A note on architectural traditions in Arsacid Parthia : the round hall at Nisa / Antonio Invernizzi -- Women, dance and the hunt : splendour and pleasures of court life in Arsacid and early sasanian art / Barbara Kaim -- Numismatics --



Quantifying monetary production : ecbatana and media in Parthian times / Pierre-Yves Boillet -- The coinages of Paradan and Sind in the context of Kushan and Kushano-Sasanian numismatics / Nikolaus Schindel.