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Studies in ancient Persia and the Achaemenid period / edited by John Curtis.

Contributor(s): Curtis, John, 1946- [editor] | Mitchell, T. C [honouree]
Publisher: Cambridge : James Clarke, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: xiv, 217 pages : illustrations, plans, portrait ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780227907078 (ebook) :; 9780227907061 (PDF ebook) :; 9780227907085 (Kindle ebook) :Subject(s): Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C | Iran -- History -- to 640Online resources: Connect to Electronic Resource
Contents:
Introduction / John Curtis -- 1. Five unpublished Persepolis relief fragments in the Ashmolean Museum / Paul Collins -- 2. Where did the Persian kings live in Babylon? / John Curtis -- 3. The use of seals in Babylonia under the Achaemenids / Christopher Walker -- 4. An Iranian in the court of King Nebuchadnezzar / Alan Millard -- 5. Biblical archaeology in the Persian period / Terence Mitchell -- 6. The textual connections between the Cyrus cylinder and the Bible, with particular reference to Isaiah / Shahrokh Razmjou -- 7. Interpreting Sasanian beards : significant images in an interconnected world / Prudence Harper -- 8. Sasanian-Zoroastrian intellectual life in the fifth and sixth centuries AD / Mahnaz Moazami
Holdings
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Book Book British Museum Middle East Open Shelves 1408E (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available ME000000022616
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Festschrift for Terence Mitchell.

Introduction / John Curtis --
1. Five unpublished Persepolis relief fragments in the Ashmolean Museum / Paul Collins --
2. Where did the Persian kings live in Babylon? / John Curtis --
3. The use of seals in Babylonia under the Achaemenids / Christopher Walker --
4. An Iranian in the court of King Nebuchadnezzar / Alan Millard --
5. Biblical archaeology in the Persian period / Terence Mitchell --
6. The textual connections between the Cyrus cylinder and the Bible, with particular reference to Isaiah / Shahrokh Razmjou --
7. Interpreting Sasanian beards : significant images in an interconnected world / Prudence Harper --
8. Sasanian-Zoroastrian intellectual life in the fifth and sixth centuries AD / Mahnaz Moazami

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