Our knowledge regarding Cilician coinage between the late 5th and the early 4th century BC has increased considerably in the course of the last two decades.
Wilhelm MÜSELER
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What can Nabataean Aramaic tell us about Pre‐Islamic Arabic?
Abstract Nabataean Aramaic contains a large number of loanwords from Arabic. Together with other evidence, this has been taken as an indication that the Nabataeans used Aramaic as a written language only, while a Pre‐Islamic variety of Arabic was their spoken language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
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The politics of street names: Reconstructing Iran’s collective identity
Abstract With the radical political change in 1979, Iran's revolutionary state assumed the responsibility of re‐rewriting the past history to forge a new sense of belonging, a particularly collective religious (Shia) identity. It launched a complex process of forgetting and remembering to first eliminate the national (Persian), non‐religious memories ...
Ehsan Kashfi
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The Foundation of Philo-Persianism in Classical Greek World
The establishment of the Achaemenid Empire as the most important occurrence of the 6th century B.C. changed all of cultural and social parameters in the most important civilization centres of the ancient world.
Farzad Abedi
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Semiotics of Animal Motifs in the Jewelry of the Achaemenid Era
Achaemenid art is a combination of different nations' art and a reflection of thought and religion of the era. Plant, human, animal motifs and a combination of them have been used in the art of the Achaemenid era.
Shahryar Shokrpour +2 more
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The Ramhormoz region in south and southwest Iran and its large-scale geography extends to the northern highlands of present-day modern Khuzestan. Despite its significance for its connection with the Susa-Persopolis Road during the Achaemenid period, the ...
Leila Afshari
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Influence of Neo-Elamite and Neo-Assyrian Illustrations on the Achaemenid Depictions of Levee A Case Study: Comparison of the Depictions of Levee in Apadana of Persepolis (from Achaemenid Civilization), Kidin Hutran Bronze Cup (from the Neo-Elamite Civilization Period), and Paintings of Til Barsip (from the Neo-Assyrian Civilization Period) [PDF]
One of the fundamental characteristics of Achaemenid art is its combinatorial nature. Depiction of the levee in this period is a clear manifestation of this important feature.
Ali Asghar Salahshoor +1 more
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The votive plaques in the Oxus and Mir Zakah treasures: what they tell about the cults [PDF]
This paper proposes a comparison between the votive plaques which were part of the Oxus and Mir Zakah treasures, both dating for the main to the Achaemenid period. In a first section the questions of provenance and authenticity are discussed.
Frantz Grenet
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A New Perspective on the Archaeology of the Khorasan Region during the Iron Age [PDF]
Khorasan’s Iron Age differs significantly from the Iron Age elements found in western Iran. In terms of cultural aspects and life structures, this encompasses two distinct cultures known as Yaz and Dahistan in classic classifications.
Hassan Basafa, Mohammad Sadegh Davari
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The Work of Tragic Productions: Towards a New History of Drama as Labor Culture [PDF]
Preliminary analysis of the representation of laborers in Greek tragedy and satyr ...
David Roselli
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