#achaemenid — Public Fediverse posts
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Achaemenid Persian goblet depicting horse and rider, Armenia or Iran?, 6th-3rd century BCE
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Name of Iranian city ‘Shiraz’ identified on 1800-year-old Sassanid clay seal
Archaeologists have identified the name “Shiraz” inscribed in Pahlavi script on a clay sealing dating back to the Sassanid era. This ancient city, located approximately 60 kilometers south of Persepolis, once served as the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/04/name-of-iranian-city-identified-on-sassanid-clay-seal/
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Over on the #ISAWNYU News blog today: "ISAW Professor Dan Potts Co-Edits Oxford History of the Ancient Near East"
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/dan-potts-co-edits-oxford-history-of-the-ancient-near-east
"With the appearance of Volumes IV and V, covering the #Assyrian and #Achaemenid empires, publication of the five-volume Oxford History of the Ancient Near East is now complete. Co-edited by Karen Radner (Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich), Nadine Moeller (Yale University) and Dan Potts (ISAW), the five volumes cover the entire ..."