TY - BOOK AU - Curtis,John AU - Lukonin,V.G. ED - British Museum TI - 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 SN - 0714111465 AV - DS285 .M47 2000X U1 - 935 21 PY - 2000/// CY - London PB - Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press KW - Lukonin, V. G. KW - Art, Sassanid KW - Congresses KW - Sassanids KW - Parthians KW - Iran KW - Civilization KW - To 640 KW - Iraq KW - To 634 KW - Conference papers and proceedings KW - fast N1 - "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 ER -