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The Northern and Western Borderlands of the Sasanian Empire: Contextualising the Roman/Byzantine and Sasanian Frontier [PDF]
, 2017 This chapter investigates the archaeological landscapes of the frontiers of the Sasanian Empire. Drawing on evidence from current and archived archaeological surveys, in combination with high-resolution remote sensing datasets such as CORONA spy photography, we compare the organisation of settlements and defensive structures of the Sasanian frontier ...
Lawrence, Dan, Wilkinson, Tony J.
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Andrea Squitieri. “The Sasanian Cemetery of Gird-I Bazar in the Peshdar Plain (Iraqi Kurdistan)” [PDF]
, 2021 In the site of Gird-i Bazar in the Sulaymaniyah province, a Sasanian cemetery was found installed over, and partly damaging, the older Iron Age structures.
Rossi, Domiziana
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Relics and episcopal Authority in Sasanian Iran
Sociedades Precapitalistas, 2017 This paper analyzes the relationship between episcopacy and the cult of the relics in Sasanian Empire. It will be argued that the cult of martyrs’ relics contributed to the shift in the definition of episcopal Authority in the Church of the East in Fifth
Héctor Ricardo Francisco
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, 2023 International audienceThe Gorgan Plain (NE Iran) is largely treeless today but it possibly was not in the past. We use palaeobotanical data from radiocarbon-dated sediments and archaeological excavations to investigate the extent and use of woodland ...
de Beaulieu, Jacques-Louis +13 more
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Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2021 Touraj Daryaee & Khodadad Rezakhani. From Oxus to Euphrates: The World of Late Antique Iran. Ancient Iran Series Vol. 1 Irvine/Los Angeles, CA: Jordan Centre for Persian Studies/Farhang Foundation, 2017, xvi + 106p., ISBN 978-1-780835907.
Matthew Gray Marsh
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The Armenian military under Justinian and Maurice: A reply to pseudo-criticism
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2020 This polemical paper discusses the three negative reviews written by Everett L. Wheeler, Ch.G. Makrypoulias, N.D. Barabanov, and G.G. Markaryan on the book “The Armenian Military in the Byzantine Empire: Conflict and Alliance under Justinian and Maurice”
A.M. Ayvazyan
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Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, EarlyView.Advanced synchrotron‐radiation‐based imaging and spectroscopic techniques were used to investigate the distribution and nature of mercury in numismatic artifacts, with a particular focus on its role in historical counterfeiting practices.This study explores the use of advanced synchrotron radiation (SR)‐based imaging and spectroscopic techniques to ...
Simona Raneri +4 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 1837, the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck, Austria, purchased a Roman bronze statue of a maenad from the 2nd century ce with red garnets as facetted eye inlays found near Brixen, Southern Tyrol. These garnets were investigated using optical microscopy, a portable hand‐held and a stationary micro‐X‐ray fluorescence device, as
H. Albert Gilg +3 more
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The Provenance of Silver in the Viking‐Age Hoard From Bedale, North Yorkshire
Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue S4, Page S86-S106, July 2026.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
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About Kust i Adurbadagan and the quadripartition of the Sasanian Empire
, 2022 The author discusses the administrative structure of the late Sasanian Empire with a special focus on the quadripartition of the Empire and the northern quarter of Sasanian dominions, the Kust i Adurbadagan.
Carlo G. Cereti
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