Persian World and Beyond

edited by Edited by Mark B. Garrison and Wouter F.M. Henkelman

Book cover: Persian World and Beyond

Extent: 560 pages

Publisher: Zaphon

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Series: Melammu Workshops and Monographs

Series volume number: 6

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(October 2023)

ISBN: 9783963272264

Price: $163.00

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The 17 essays gathered in this festschrift celebrate the scholarship of Bruno Jacobs. While the range of topics in these essays is extensive, most relate to the Achaemenid world. They represent the diversity of Achaemenid studies as a discipline that Bruno Jacobs enriched with his many contributions and sparkling ideas. Some papers move beyond the Achaemenid period, notably the contribution on Parthian and Elymaean countermarks (S.R. Hauser), and acknowledge the breadth of Bruno Jacob’s research interests, which extend from Greece to eastern Iran, span the Mediterranean Bronze Age to the Roman period, and concern the disciplines of history, archaeology, art history, religion, and Iranology. Among others, M.C. Root examines “Medes and Iranian identity in the Achaemenid social imaginary” as represented in the Persepolis Apadana, while J. Wiesehofer focusses on “Greek exiles in the Achaemenid Empire” and Chr. J. Tuplin on “The place of Cyropaedia in Xenophon’s oeuvre”. The “winged symbol in Persepolitan glyptic” is debated by M.B. Garrison and the roles of gold and wine in Herodotus’ depiction of the Persians by R. Bichler and K. Ruffing.

Mark B. Garrison & Wouter F.M. Henkelman: Introduction Bruno Jacobs, publications 1982-2021 Wolfgang Messerschmidt: Vor dem Weltreich: Altere Reichsbildungen und Staaten als politische und administrative Wegbereiter fur die Achaemeniden Margaret Cool Root: Medes and Iranian identity in the Achaemenid social imaginary: The Persepolis Apadana Ellen Rehm: Antike lokale Imitation oder moderne Falschung? Bemerkungen zu einer Phiale aus dem Lydischen Schatz' Astrid Nunn & Zsolt Simon: Zwei Armreife mit karischer Inschrift aus der Archaologischen Staatsammlung in Munchen Jan Tavernier: Two inscribed objects kept in the National Museum of Antiquities (Leiden) Mark B. Garrison: Some observations on a scene involving the winged symbol in Persepolitan glyptic Wouter F.M. Henkelman: Irdumartiya and the chiliarchies: The contemporaneity of the Persepolis Fortification and Treasury archives and its implications Stefan R. Hauser: Countermarks on coins from Mesene Margaretha Folmer: Characteristics of the Aramaic of the Akhvamazda letters from ancient Bactria Daniel T. Potts: Achaemenid Kurmana Josef Wiesehofer: Greek exiles in the Achaemenid Empire: A case of divided loyalties? Sabine Muller: Blood runs in the family: Artabazos and the resistance to the Macedonian invasion Kai Trampedach: Vor und nach Alexander: Die Konstruktion griechischer Grundungslegenden in Kilikien und Phoinikien Margaret C. Miller: The Persian kypassis in Classical Athens Christopher J. Tuplin: A jewel in the crown: Reflections on the place of Cyropaedia in Xenophon's oeuvre Reinhold Bichler & Kai Ruffing: Gold und Wein in Herodots Perser-Bild Robert Rollinger & Kordula Schnegg: Die Frau als Aggressorin im Krieg: Geschlechterrollen in Text und Bild zwischen Orient und Okzident Index

  • Edited by Mark B. Garrison
  • Edited by Wouter F. M. Henkelman