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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Farnham [u.a.]
Ashgate Variorum
2010
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| In: |
Variorum collected studies series (962)
Year: 2010 |
| Series/Journal: | Variorum collected studies series
962 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mesopotamia
/ Iran (Antiquity)
/ Arabia
/ History 300 BC-600
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Iran Civilization To 640 B Iran Civilization To 640 B Iran History To 640 B Iraq History To 634 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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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | Getr. Zählung, Ill., Kt., 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4094-0535-1 1-4094-0535-4 |
