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BEYOND THE DIGRESSION: AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS ON THE PERSIANS

open access: yesJournal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2016
Ammianus Marcellinus’ information and knowledge of the Sasanian Persians is often criticised for being stereotypical and reliant on traditional tropes and ideas.
Craig Morley
doaj   +1 more source

Khosrow II (590–628 CE)

open access: yesEncyclopedia, 2022
Khosrow II (r. 590–628 CE) was the last great Sasanian king who took the throne with the help of the Romans and broke with dynastic religious preferences as he became married to a Christian empress.
Mahdi Motamedmanesh, Samira Royan
doaj   +1 more source

Estakhr Project - Third preliminary report of the joint Mission of the Iranian center for archaeological research, the Parsa-Pasargadae research foundation and the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This report presents the preliminary results of the study of the pottery collected during the excavation campaign carried out in 2012 in the framework of the joint Iranian-Italian Archaeological Mission in Estakhr. The ceramic finds relate to a time span
Agnese, Fusaro   +5 more
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Gorgan, Great Wall of [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The “Great Wall of Gorgan,” also, erroneously, known as “Alexander's Wall,” runs from the southeast corner of the Caspian Sea for at least 195 km eastward, into the Elburz ...
Sauer, Eberhard
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Dating of Three Sasanian Bowls from the National Museum of Iran

open access: yesStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization, 2023
Three Sasanian Silver Bowls at the National Museum of Iran, known collectively as the “dancer-musician scenes,” have been considered as one of the museum’s most iconic works for the past 70 years. Only bowl No.
Daryoosh Akbarzadeh, Shiba Khadir
doaj   +1 more source

Archaeological and ethnographic survey in the Paikuli Area (Iraqi Kurdistan) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The Italian Archaeological Mission in Iraqi Kurdistan (MAIKI) of the Sapienza University of Rome aims to study the archaeological, historical, linguistic and cultural development of the Kurdish region through a wide historical period.
BOGDANI, JULIAN   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Gay in the Sasanian period: some preliminary notes on its circular urban plan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This paper examines the Sasanian allegedly circular city of Gay, in the region of Isfahan. Material traces of the city have unfortunately been lost so we are forced to rely on Islamic literary sources alone.
Duva, Federica
core  

The Provenance of Silver in the Viking‐Age Hoard From Bedale, North Yorkshire

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The acquisition of silver was a key motive propelling the Viking expansion out of Scandinavia; identifying the sources of Viking silver during the early part of the Viking Age can provide critical insights into the relative significance of western European and eastern, Islamic wealth in the Viking expansion.
Jane Kershaw   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Iconographic and Linguistic Interpretations of the Sasanian Clay Bullae in the Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum, Mumbai

open access: yesReligions
This article presents the first comprehensive study of six unprovenanced Sasanian clay bullae from Iran, held at the Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum in Mumbai.
Yousef Moradi, Almut Hintze
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A note on sasanian-buddhist object of Gyeongju National Museum

open access: yesStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization, 2020
A note on sasanian-buddhist object of Gyeongju National Museum Although Korean and late Sasanian texts are silent about mutual relations, archaeological evidences provide a different perspective.
Daryoosh Akbarzadeh
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