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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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Jens Kröger. “Sasanian Stucco” [PDF]
This overview of Sasanian stuccoes includes sites divided chronologically – without losing sight of the regional premises. The iconographic repertoire found in the sites hitherto found had been then catalogued in ornamental, plant, figural, animal, and monograms.
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Muthanna ibn Harithah Shaybani and the First Islamic Conquests in Iraq [PDF]
Studying the first Islamic conquests without knowing the personalities who led these conquests will not be complete. One such personality is Muthanna ibn Harithah who entered history with the beginning of Islamic conquests and with the study of whose ...
Maryam Sa'idiyan Jazi
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Comparative study and investigation of Iranian glass perfume boxes in the third, fourth and sixth centuries of the Hijri-Lunar period. [PDF]
Glass is a unique material that is regenerated by a vital glassmaker.Glassmaking in Iran goes back thousands of years. With the advent of Islam, it entered a new stage.The 3rd to 6th centuries A.H.are considered to be the most important periods of ...
zahra khodadad, Pejman Dadkhah
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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq
In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
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Archaeometric Characterization of Submerged Sasanian Stucco From Ghaleh Guri, Western Iran
ABSTRACT The Ghaleh Guri archaeological site, a late Sasanian site with a building complex dated to 591–628 ce, lies along an ancient road linking the western Zagros to Mesopotamia. Its architectural remains, adorned with stucco, faced annual river floods yet remained stable for centuries.
Atefeh Shekofteh +2 more
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Bir Sınır Prensi’nin Doğuşu: Guaram ve Kafkas İberya’sında Aristokrasinin Dönüşümü
Günümüz Orta ve Doğu Gürcistan’ında kurulan İberya Krallığı için VI. yüzyıl, siyasî ve dinî olarak kırılmaların yaşandığı uzun bir dönemdi. Zira yüzyılın başında Vakhtang Gorgasali’nin ölümü hem İberya soylularının hem de Sâsânîlerin bölge üzerindeki ...
Gökhan Şanlı
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ABSTRACT Twelve metal artifacts from recent excavations at the Sasanian archaeological site of Jahāngir in western Iran have been analyzed. These items include both decorative and utilitarian artifacts. The samples were examined using micro‐X‐ray fluorescence (μ‐XRF), scanning electron microscopy with energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (SEM‐EDS), and
Omid Oudbashi +2 more
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Gay in the Sasanian period: some preliminary notes on its circular urban plan [PDF]
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
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Breeze of Continuity: New Evidence for the Occupation of Jumeirah Throughout the Islamic Period
ABSTRACT The Jumeirah Archaeological Research Project seeks to reassess the long‐term occupation of Jumeirah through an integrated study of three key archaeological sites—Jumeirah 1, 2 and 3. This study builds upon previous excavations and archival data to refine the chronology of the settlement and examine whether these sites functioned as a single ...
Karol Juchniewicz +4 more
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