The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires : Adaptation and Expansion.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (143 pages)
- British Institute of Persian Studies, Archaeological Monograph Series ; v.5 .
- British Institute of Persian Studies, Archaeological Monograph Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copy Right -- Contents -- HISTORICAL -- 1. Some Aspects of Political History: Early Arsacid Kings and the Seleucids 3 Jérôme Gaslain -- 2. The Arsacids and Commagene 8 M. Rahim Shayegan -- 3. Dynastic Connections in the Arsacid Empire and the Origins of the House of Sasan 23 Marek Jan Olbrycht -- 4. From Terror to Tactical Usage: Elephants in the Partho-Sasanian Period 36 Touraj Daryaee -- 5. Remarks on the Location of the Province of Parthia in the Sasanian Period 42 Mehrdad Ghodrat-Dizaji -- 6. The Birth of the Sasanian Monarchy in Western Sources 47 Andrea Gariboldi -- 7. Kirder and the Re-organisation of Persian Mazdeism 53 Antonio Panaino -- LINGUISTIC -- 8. The Parthian Language in Early Sasanian Times 61 Rika Gyselen -- 9. From Aramaic to Pahlavi: Epigraphic Observations Based on the Persis Coin Series 69 Khodadad Rezakhani -- 10. Parthian Studies: Two New Notes 76 Daryoosh Akbarzadeh -- ARCHAEOLOGICAL -- 11. A Note on Architectural Traditions in Arsacid Parthia: The Round Hall at Nisa 83 Antonio Invernizzi -- 12. Women, Dance and the Hunt: Splendour and Pleasures of Court Life in Arsacid and Early Sasanian Art 90 Barbara Kaim -- 13. Quantifying Monetary Production: Ecbatana and Media in Parthian Times 109 Pierre-Yves Boillet -- 14. The Coinages of Paradan and Sind in the Context of Kushan and Kushano-Sasanian Numismatics 123 Nikolaus Schindel.