Susa and Elam : archaeological, philological, historical and geographical perspectives...
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In December 2009, an international congress was held at Ghent University in order to investigate, exactly 20 years after the 36th RAI "Mésopotamie et Elam", the present state of our knowledge of the Elamite and Susean society from archaeological, philological, historical and geographical points of view. The multidisciplinary character of this congress illustrates the present state of research in the socio-economic, historical and political developments of the Suso-Elamite region from prehistoric times until the great Persian Empire. Because of its strategically important location between the Mesopotamian alluvial plain and the Iranian highlands and its particular interest as point of contact between civilizations, Susa and Elam were of utmost importance for the history of the ancient Near East in general.
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1 online resource (xiii, 554 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004207417 :
1782-4168 ; :
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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
Tombes d'époque parthe : chantiers de la ville des artisans /
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Among the hundred or so tombs of post-Alexander date excavated by Roman Ghirshman between 1947 and 1952 on the mound of the "Ville des Artisans" at Susa, six are remarkable for their construction and burial contents. Shortly before his death in 1979, Ghirshman, director of the French "Mission de Suse" from 1946 until 1968, had started to write up his final report. Based on his notes, the authors have engaged to publish these tombs, together with the original plans, drawings and photographs of the burial goods. The grave contents consisted mainly of pottery, but also included glass vessels, figurines, metal objects and other small finds. The study of the material from these large vaulted subterranean structures indicates that they were most likely intended as family tombs, thus remaining in use for several decades and should be dated in the first or second century AD. Similar tombs are known at other sites in the region of Susa, and even in Mesopotamia, e.g. at Seleucia on the Tigris. A synthesis of the evolution in tomb architecture and typology, as well as the burial practices, for the whole site of Susa between the Seleucid and early Sasanian periods (third century BC to third century AD), is also presented, based on the short reports and unpublished excavation notes of Ghirshman, in addition to unpublished reports by his predecessors at the site.
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1 online resource (91 pages, 35 pages of plates) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-91). :
9789004229365 :
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Suse : terres cuites islamiques /
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At head of title page : Département des arts de l'Islam.
"...[C]ette publication, sur la riche collection de Suse d'époque islamique conservée au Louvre" -- Remerciements. :
262 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9053495703
Les figurines de Suse : de l'époque néo-élamite à l'époque sassanide /
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At head of title : Musée du Louvre, Département des antiquités orientales.
Originally presented as the author's thesis--Université de Paris I, 1997. :
2 volumes (847 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 26 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 828-845) and index. :
2711843246 (set)
A history of Zoroastrianism /
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This volume traces the history of Zoroastrianism at times and places where its existence has previously been largely ignored, or treated only episodically. Literary, archaeological and numismatic evidence has been drawn on (some of it only recently brought to light), and local developments are distinguished. In Iran itself some 200 years of Macedonian rule had little effect on the national religion. To the east, Zoroastrianism survived in the Greco-Bactrian kingdoms and under Mauryan suzereinty, where it came into contact with Buddhism. In Eastern Mediterranean lands it was maintained by Iranian expatriates well down into Roman imperial times. They adopted Greek for their written tongue, and Zoroastrian doctrines thus became known in the Greco-Roman world. Study is made accordingly of Zoroastrian contributions to Hellenistic thought, and to Judaism, Christianity and Mithraism; and an excursus provides a thorough reassessment of the Zoroastrian pseudepigrapha.
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Vol. 3 written by Mary Boyce and Frantz Grenet, with a conritution by Roger Beck. :
1 online resource (xx, 596 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004293915 :
0169-9423 ; :
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Beyond the Ubaid : transformation and integration in the late prehistoric societies of the Middle East /
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Papers from The Ubaid Expansion? Cultural Meaning, Identity and the Lead-up to Urbanism, international workshop held at Grey College, University of Durham, 20-22 April 2006." :
vii, 394 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 30 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781885923660 (pbk.)
188592366X (pbk.)