Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Mesopotamia and Iran in the Parthian and Sasanian periods : rejection and revival c. 238 BC-AD 642 : proceedings of a seminar in memory of Vladimir G. Lukonin ; funded by a gift from Raymond and Beverly Sackler / edited by John Curtis. - London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, 2000. - 96 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 25 cm.

"The present volume is a companion and sequel to Early Mesopotamia and Iran: contrast and conflict c. 3500-1600 BC, Later Mesopotamia and Iran: tribes and empires 1600-539 BC, and Mesopotamia and Iran in the Persian period: conquest and imperialism 539-331 BC."--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-79).

Parthian and Sasanian history of Iran / Richard N. Frye -- Parthian culture and costume / Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis -- The rock reliefs of Sasanian Iran / Georgina Herrman -- Sasanian silver vessels : the formation and study of early museum collections / Prudence O. Harper -- Mesopotamia in the Sasanian period : settlement patters, arts and crafts / St John Simpson -- Sasanian art beyond the Persian world / Guitty Azarpay.

ISBN: 0714111465

LCCN: ^^^00361155

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lukonin, V. G.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
To 640
800 b.C.-500 a.C.
500-800.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Art, Sassanid--Congresses.
Sassanids--Congresses.
Parthians--Congresses.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Iran--Civilization--To 640--Congresses.
Iraq--Civilization--To 634--Congresses.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Conference papers and proceedings

LC Class. No.: DS285 / .M47 2000X DS285 / .M47 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 935