The Palace of Darius at Susa : the great royal residence of Achaemenid Persia /
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"Published in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation".
Translation of : Le palais de Darius à Suse : une résidence royale sur la route de Persépolis à Babylone. :
xxix, 507 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 31 cm :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-497) and index. :
1848856210 (hbk.)
9781848856219 :
Omnia
The Cyrus cylinder and ancient Persia : a new beginning for the Middle East /
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"This book is published to accompany the touring exhibition, "The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia" at Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 9 March-28 April 2013 ; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 3 May-14 June 2013 ; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 20 June-4 August 2013; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 9 August-22 September 2013 ; and J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Los Angeles, 2 October-2 December 2013." -- T.p. verso
English translation of the Cyrus Cylinder text : pages 42-43. :
144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 28 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-144). :
9780714111872 :
Omnia
Ancient Persia : a concise history of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BCE /
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xx, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
0521253691 (pbk. : alk. paper)
110700960X (hardback : alk. paper)
9780521253697 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781107009608 :
Omnia
Intangible spirits and graven images : the iconography of deities in the pre-Islamic Iranian world /
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Winner of the the Roman and Tania Ghirshman Prize 2015 by the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. This prize was established in 1973 by the donation made by Roman Ghirshman, one of the prominent French archaeologists of Pre-Islamic Iran. It is awarded annually for a publication in the field of Pre-Islamic Iranian Studies. In Intangible Spirits and Graven Images , Michael Shenkar investigates the perception of ancient Iranian deities and their representation in the Iranian cults. This ground-breaking study traces the evolution of the images of these deities, analyses the origin of their iconography, and evaluates their significance. Shenkar also explores the perception of anthropomorphism and aniconism in ancient Iranian religious imagery, with reference to the material evidence and the written sources, and reassesses the value of the Avestan and Middle Persian texts that are traditionally employed to illuminate Iranian religious imagery. In doing so, this book provides important new insights into the religion and culture of ancient Iran prior to the Islamic conquest.
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Revision of the author's thesis--Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013. :
1 online resource (xxii, 392 pages) : illustrations (some color) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004281493 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The Zoroastrian myth of migration from Iran and settlement in the Indian diaspora : text, translation and analysis of the 16th century Qeṣṣe-ye Sanjān 'The story of Sanjan' /
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The Qesse-ye Sanjān is the sole surviving account of the emigration of Zoroastrians from Iran to India to form the Parsi ('Persian') community. Written in Persian couplets in India in 1599 by a Zoroastrian priest, it is a work many know of, but few have actually read, let alone studied in depth. This book provides a romanised transcription from the oldest manuscripts, an elegant metrical translation, detailed commentary and, most importantly, a radical new theory of how such a text should be "read", id est not as a historical chronical but as a charter of Zoroastrian identity, foundation myth and justification of the Parsi presence in India. The book fills a lacuna that has been acutely felt for a long time.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242) and indexes. :
9789047430421 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Archaeology, artifacts and antiquities of the ancient Near East : sites, cultures, and proveniences /
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Archaeology, Artifacts and Antiquities of the Ancient Near East follows the evolution of the author's scholarly work and interests and is divided into several categories of interrelated fields. The first part deals primarily with excavations and associated artifacts, issues in ancient geography and the identification of ancient sites in northwest Iran, the author's research involving the culture and chronology of the Phrygian capital at Gordion in Anatolia, and the chronology and Iranian cultural relations of a site in the Emirate of Sharjah. Part two is wide-ranging and includes chapters on Aegean and ancient Near Eastern cultural and political interconnections, the role of fibulae in revealing cultural and chronological matters, and the gender-determined usage of parasols and their recognition in excavated contexts. There are also articles specifically concerned with "Plunder Culture" and the forgery of both objects and their alleged proveniences. \'At 1,088 pages, this volume provides a wonderful sample- chosen by Muscarella himself - of forty papers spanning the author's career and many interests...This volume is so rich that it contains something for everyone.\' D.T. Potts, NYU, Bibliotheca Orientalis lxxIII n° 3-4, mei-augustus 2016
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1 online resource (vi, 1088 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789004236691 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.