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Elisabeth Katzy, Helen Gries. “Tell Halaf (Northeast Syria) in the Achaemenid Period. A Case-Study” [PDF]
, 2021 The Authors offer a synthesis of the layers at Tell Halaf attributed to the period between the 6th-4th centuries and, thus, to the Achaemenid culture.
Micale, Maria Gabriella
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The Pashkhurt area (south Uzbekistan) in the middle of the 1st millennium BC: Recent Russian‑Uzbek archaeological works [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2021 The article presents the results of recent archaeological work – surveys and excavations of the 4th–3rd century BC settlement of Gisht Tepa as well as a number of other sites.
Viktor Mokroborodov
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A Note on a Samarian Coin Type. A Royal Horseman?
Gephyra, 2022 Some new, unlisted types of Samarian coins have appeared recently on the antiquities market. In the present paper I would like to discuss some points concerning one of them, which is especially interesting because of its iconography. The coin appeared on
Jarosław Bodzek
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The Prosopography of Cyrus the Younger's Mercenaries: Officers of Recruiter [PDF]
تحقیقات تاریخ اقتصادی ایران, 2023 Cyrus the Younger in his unsuccessful attempt to to get the royal throne and crown from his brother Artaxerxes II, enlisted a great body of mercenaries with help of his friend Greek officers.
Vazir Menbari, Roozbeh Zarrinkoob
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Bactrian in Issyk‐Kushan Script: Additional Readings and Decipherments1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract This article presents additional readings of several inscriptions written in the Issyk‐Kushan script, building on the improved system of sound values recently proposed by Sims‐Williams (2025b). We propose that some further lines of Dašt‐i Nāwur inscription DN III and parts of several other inscriptions can now be read as Bactrian, add new ...
Jakob Halfmann +3 more
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Remembering the Achaemenids in the Character of Nehemiah
Journal of Hebrew ScripturesThe portrayal of Nehemiah’s relationship with the Achaemenid Empire shifts significantly across four key Second Temple period texts: Nehemiah, 1 Esdras, 2 Maccabees, and Sirach.
Deirdre N. Fulton
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Rulers on the road: Itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Itinerant rule, rule exercised through traveling, was a common yet insufficiently researched, premodern form of governance. Studying the determinants of ruler itineraries in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519, we argue that rulers' visits targeted “marginal” elites.
Carl Müller‐Crepon +3 more
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An overview of the pottery from Sistan in the Late Iron Age/Achaemenid period
, 2023 The paper analyses some archaeological issues related to pottery production in Sistan — between south-eastern Iran and south-western Afghanistan — in the Late Iron Age/Achaemenid period.
Giulio Maresca, Maresca, Giulio
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi +3 more
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The circulation and distribution of classical Greek coinage
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract From a sample of the most prominent Greek city‐states, data involving a total of 999 hoards and 160,007 coins from 550 to 300 BC were collected to discern the relative magnitudes, consistency of issue, and distribution of Classical Greek coinages.
Zane Mullins
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