This overview on Sasanian stuccoes includes the Parthian sites hinting at a transmission of iconographies (i.e., Qaleh-I Zohak and Yazdgird), also with uncertain chronological attribution. On one hand, it underlines lack within Iranian plateau, other how majority was found in western territories. Noteworthy is examination illustrations some archaeological discoveries, i.e., Barz Qavela, Qela Go...

Hamadan province in western Iran has always been of particular archaeological significance mainly because its administrative centre Ecbatana, modern Hamadan. In 2005 a bas-relief dating to the Parthian period was found southern highlands Alvand, Yakhchal valley. Recently, second relief, very similar one, at Mydan Mishan. This relief depicts person lying on klinè with his legs stretched out and ...

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This article examines the Greek noun σαγγάνδης ‘messenger’ which is attested in two lexica, dated to Roman or early Byzantine periods: Cambridge Rhetorical Lexicon by an anonymous author and Difficult Words Attic Orators Claudius Casilo. In both works, appears together with three words of likely Iranian provenance: ὀροσάγγης ‘benefactor Persian king; bodyguard’, παρασάγγης ‘parasang; messenger’...

The article discusses the rise of Parthians to power over large territories in Middle East at expense their Seleucid rivals. author borrows a framework from International Relations theory, namely (Offensive) Realism, place actions Parthian kings, particular Mithridates I wider geo-political environment. While resulting account is rather close traditional (positivist) political history, explicit...