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The Bones of Khosrow: The Sacred Topography of Ctesiphon
Electrum, 2022 This essay discusses the importance of Ctesiphon in the historical and literary tradition of Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Iran.
Touraj Daryaee
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Islamic glass in the Christian Kingdom of Alwa: Chemistry of shards from Soba, Nubia, Sudan
Archaeometry, Volume 65, Issue 6, Page 1232-1245, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Excavations at Soba, the capital of Alwa, between 2019 and 2022 yielded more than 30 glass fragments in addition to a glass cosmetic bottle. An analysis of 30 glass samples has identified glass belonging to a number of compositional groups.
Joanna Then‐Obłuska, Laure Dussubieux
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A Late Sasanian Coin Hoard from Orumiyeh [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2014 The coinage of the Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE) is not only the most important primary source for its monetary and economic history, but also of greatest relevance for its history and art history.Coin hoards are of pivotal importance for studying ...
Daryoosh Akbarzadeh, Nikolaus Schindel
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Survey Zoroastrians: Online Religious Identification in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 823-844, December 2023., 2023 Abstract This article contributes to the internationalization of survey methodology by discussing a case from a totalitarian state, the Islamic Republic of Iran. In 2020, GAMAAN (The Group for Measuring and Analyzing Attitudes in Iran) conducted an online survey on religion.
Michael Stausberg +2 more
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Background of Harp in Sasanian period and its comparison with other civilizations in Ancient Near East [PDF]
پژوهش های تاریخی, 2019 Among the existing chordophones it is harp (in Persian, Chang) that had a special position in ancient civilizations. No investigation has yet been conducted on the history of harp and its development in different periods; however, in this regard ...
Keyvan Hajian +2 more
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Towards a Typology of Contact‐Induced Change: Questions, Problems and the Path Ahead
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 3, Page 336-356, November 2023., 2023 Abstract The fields of linguistic typology, contact linguistics and historical linguistics frequently interact with one another and each draws on the insights gained in the others. To date, however, there is no effective and systematic cooperation between these subdisciplines, no database comparing the typological distribution of features with common ...
Robin Meyer
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Religion and Government in Sasanian Era: Introduction to Zarathustra’s Political Theology [PDF]
رهیافتهای سیاسی و بین المللی, 2019 The idea of Iran as a religious, cultural, and ethnic reality goes back as far as the end of the 6th century B.C.E. As a political idea, we first catch sight of it in the twenties of the 3rd century C.E.
Mostafa Ensafi, Shoja Ahmadvand,
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An ʿAqaba/Ayla‐type amphora in the sultanate of Oman
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 119-127, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Antique trade amphorae illuminate a little understood but important find category for Arabia, still in the twilight of publication. Most of the find data lie buried in unpublished work regarding recent excavations at ʿAqaba/Ayla. Recent research has verified mineralogically the origin of these documents and their dating.
Paul A. Yule
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Survey methods and biases in the Al‐Mudhaybi Regional Survey, Sultanate of Oman
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 34, Issue S1, Page S39-S50, November 2023., 2023 Abstract The Al‐Mudhaybi Regional Survey uses different methods to reconstruct the diachronic development of the archaeological landscape within a 930 km2 area. This article evaluates the different outcomes of remote sensing, ground‐truthing and systematic field‐walking of transects regarding the type and chronological range of structures found ...
Stephanie Döpper
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Persian aristocracy Conflict and Compromise with Kings in Sasanian Era [PDF]
پژوهشهای تاریخی ایران و اسلام, 2014 Economic and social History of Sasanian Era reveals constant conflict between Iranian aristocracy and Kings. This conflict plays key role in the decline and fall of the Sasanian. Methodology, this article is done based on descriptive, analytical study to
سید محمدرحیم ربانی زاده +1 more
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