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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.

Contributor(s): Curtis, John, 1946- | Lukonin, V. G. (Vladimir Grigorʹevich) | British MuseumMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, 2000. Description: 96 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 25 cmISBN: 0714111465Subject(s): Lukonin, V. G. (Vladimir Grigorʹevich) | To 640 | 800 b.C.-500 a.C | 500-800 | Art, Sassanid -- Congresses | Sassanids -- Congresses | Parthians -- Congresses | Iran -- Civilization -- To 640 -- Congresses | Iraq -- Civilization -- To 634 -- CongressesGenre/Form: Conference papers and proceedingsAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Mesopotamia and Iran in the Parthian and Sasanian periods.DDC classification: 935 LOC classification: DS285 | .M47 2000XDS285 | .M47 2000
Contents:
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.
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"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.