Mesopotamia, Iran and Arabia from the Seleucids to the Sasanians

An ass for Ares -- Madaktu and Badace -- Trans-Arabian routes of the Pre-Islamic period -- Seleucid Karmania -- Elamite Ulā, Akkadian Ulaya and Greek Choaspes : a solution to the Eulaios problem -- Occidental and Oriental elements in the religions of Babylonia and Iran during the third and second ce...

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Auteur principal: Potts, Daniel T. 1953- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Farnham [u.a.] Ashgate Variorum 2010
Dans: Variorum collected studies series (962)
Année: 2010
Collection/Revue:Variorum collected studies series 962
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Mesopotamien / Iran (Antiquité) / Arabien / Histoire 300 avant J.-C.-600
Sujets non-standardisés:B Iran Civilization To 640
B Iran Civilization To 640
B Iran History To 640
B Iraq History To 634
B Recueil d'articles
B Arabian Peninsula Civilization
B Iraq Civilization To 634
B Arabian Peninsula Civilization
B Iraq History To 634
B Arabian Peninsula History To 622
B Iran History To 640
B Arabian Peninsula History To 622
B Iraq Civilization To 634
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Résumé:An ass for Ares -- Madaktu and Badace -- Trans-Arabian routes of the Pre-Islamic period -- Seleucid Karmania -- Elamite Ulā, Akkadian Ulaya and Greek Choaspes : a solution to the Eulaios problem -- Occidental and Oriental elements in the religions of Babylonia and Iran during the third and second centuries B.C. -- Disposal of the dead in Planquadrat U/V XVIII at Uruk : a Parthian enigma? -- Five episodes in the history of Elymais, 145-124 B.C. : new data from the astronomical diaries -- Foundation houses, fire altars and the frataraka : interpreting the iconography of some post-Achaemenid Persian coins -- Arabia and the kingdom of Characene -- The Roman relationship with the Persicus sinus from the rise of Spasinou Charax (127 BC) to the reign of Shapur II (AD 309-379) -- Augustus, Aelius Gallus and the Periplus : a re-interpretation of the coinage of Ṣanʻâ Class B -- Gundešhapur and the Gondeisos -- The deacon and the dove : on some early Christian grave stelae from al-Maqsha and Shakhura (Bahrain) -- Nabataean finds from Thaj and Qatif -- The Sasanian relationship with South Arabia : literary, epigraphic and oral historical perspectives -- A re-examination of the Late Period graves at Yorgan Tepe (Nuzi) -- Late Sasanian armament from southern Arabia -- Nestorian crosses from Jabal Berri -- A Sasanian lead horse from northeastern Arabia
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1409405354