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"This book is the first-ever monograph on the family of royal converts from Adiabene including the broader perspective of the cultural and political environment of Hellenistic and Parthian Adiabene. It collects, arranges and discusses all... more
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      Ancient HistoryNear Eastern ArchaeologyEarly Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman)Second Temple Judaism
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      Parthian EmpireClassical Jewish HistoryAdiabeneJews In the Roman and Byzantine Empire
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      Religious ConversionRabbinic LiteratureRabbinic JudaismJerusalem Archaeology
Religious and Secular Festivals in the Trans-Zabs and its Neighbouring Areas in the Light of the Cuneiform Records Dlshad A. Marf Archaeology Department, Salahaddin University-Erbil. [email protected] [email protected]... more
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      Mesopotamian ReligionsAncient Mesopotamian ReligionsAncient Near Eastern ReligionAdiabene
This book is the first-ever comprehensive study of the history and culture of these three little-known countries of Northern Mesopotamia (3rd century BCE – 7th century CE). The book gives an overview of the historical geography, material... more
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      Historical GeographyArmenian StudiesMesopotamian ArchaeologyMesopotamia History
RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR FESTIVALS IN THE TRANS-ZABS AND ITS NEIGHBOURING AREAS IN THE LIGHT OF THE CUNEIFORM RECORDS Dlshad A. Marf Archaeology Department, Salahaddin University-Erbil. [email protected] [email protected]... more
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      Urartian ArchaeologyAncient Near Eastern ReligionsMusasir TempleAdiabene
Hybrid conference at Münster, January 20-21, 2022. Not much attention has been paid to the material culture of the vast regions of East and South-East Anatolia, Armenia, North-Western Iran and Northern Iraq in the Hellenistic and Roman... more
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      Armenian HistoryAncient Near EastRoman EmpireParthian Empire
Ancient Gordyene originated as the country of the Karduchoi who lived in the mountains north of modern Cizre and south of the Bohtan River (see Xenophon’s description of the march of the Greek army of “the Ten Thousand”). The origin of... more
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      ArmeniaParthiaParthian KingdomsParthian Empire
This paper reviews the identifications of the physical remains of the Adiabenean royalty in first-century CE Jerusalem in the light of the latest archaeological research and scholarly discussion. Several conclusions are drawn. First, it... more
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      Jewish StudiesMesopotamian ArchaeologyMesopotamia HistorySecond Temple Judaism
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      Second Temple JudaismAdiabeneRoman Archaeology
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      Ancient HistoryRoman HistoryHistory of IranJewish History
SUMMARY: The aim of this paper is to contribute to the question of Jewish identity in the Second Temple Period through the perspective of the conversion of the royal dynasty from Adiabene. In this context, several conclusions are... more
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      Jewish StudiesIsrael/PalestineJewish HistorySecond Temple Judaism
RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR FESTIVALS IN THE TRANS-ZABS AND ITS NEIGHBOURING AREAS IN THE LIGHT OF THE CUNEIFORM RECORDS Dlshad A. Marf Archaeology Department, Salahaddin University-Erbil. [email protected] [email protected]... more
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      Mesopotamian ReligionsAncient Mesopotamian ReligionsNeo-Assyrian studiesAssyrian Studies
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      ReligionHistoryJewish StudiesHistory of Religion
This paper surveys ancient texts in search of geographical and ethnographical information on Adiabene in the Seleucid and Parthian Periods. Adiabene originated as a relatively small province between the Lykos and Kapros rivers, perhaps... more
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      ArmeniaParthiaBactriaKushans
The Arsakid Empire between the Mediterranean World and Innerasia. Remarks on the political strategy of the Arsakids from Vologases I till the accession of Vologases III (AD 50-147) Das Arsakidenreich zwischen der mediterranen Welt... more
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      Ancient HistoryRoman HistoryNear Eastern StudiesIranian Archaeology
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      JosephusNew Testament StudiesHistory of the Ancient Graeco-Roman Mediterranean ReligionsJerusalem Archaeology
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      Women's HistoryHellenistic HistoryKurdish StudiesHellenistic and Roman Asia Minor
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      Aramaic DialectologyAramaicAramaic inscriptionsHatra
ANABASIS Studia Classica et Orientalia 2 (2011) REVIEWED BY Prof. Jacek Rzepka (Warsaw University) EDITOR Marek Jan Olbrycht email: [email protected] EDITORIAL BOARD Daryoush Akbarzadeh (Iran, National Museum, Tehran) Agustí... more
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      HerodotusArmeniaAlexander PopeParthia
The Brussels Coin Cabinet has recently acquired a unique bronze coin of the king Abdissares with the additional legend [A]DAIABENOU (from Adiabene). Adiabene is the area of the cities of Niniva and Nisibis (between the small and the great... more
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      Hellenistic HistoryMesopotamia HistoryAncient Greek NumismaticsHistory of the Hellenistic World (Focus: Seleucid Empire)
This paper analyses biblical allusions in Ant. 20:17-96, especially Josephus’ portrayal of Izates as a second Joseph and Hezekiah. There is indeed some similarity between Izates and his biblical counterparts. More specifically, Izates’... more
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      JosephusFlavius JosephusAdiabene
1st century, Adiabene: Hilnei HaMalkah: The Jewish Convert by Rabbi Pinchas Landis 7th century, France: The Jews of Narbonne: A Jewish Kingdom in France by Mrs Yehudis Litvak 16 Century, Caribbean: Piracy in the New World: The... more
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      Jewish HistoryMiddle Eastern HistoryFranceBohemia
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      Parthian EmpireAdiabeneJews In the Roman and Byzantine EmpireJewish Epigraphy and Archaeology
This paper offers the first-ever discussion of all extant images of Abdissar, Monobazos I and ’tlw (Attalos), Kings of Adiabene. In analysing the numismatic and sculptural data, a few conclusions on the historical context are suggested.... more
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      Near Eastern ArchaeologyArmenian StudiesHellenistic HistoryArmenian History
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      Hellenistic Roman and Byzantine Archaeology in the Land of IsraelJerusalem ArchaeologyAdiabene
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      History of ReligionGift ExchangeJewish HistoryHistory of Religions
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      ArmeniaParthiaBactriaKushans
ادیابنه یکی از حکومت‌های محلی دوره اشکانی است که از نظر جغرافیایی در کردستان عراق امروزی واقع است. این شهر نقش بسیاری در درگیری های ایران و روم در دوره اشکانیان داشته و حاکمان آن همواره متحد و پشتیبان سیاست‌های اشکانیان در این منطقه... more
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      Iranian StudiesKurdistanAdiabeneکردستان
Talk given to members of the Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project in Iraqi Kurdistan (Italian Archaeological Mission in Assyria, University of Udine) in Duhok on September 26, 2016. The aim was, first, to present the sources, second,... more
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      Military HistoryLandscape ArchaeologyHellenistic HistoryBattlefield Archaeology
This paper offers an overview of data concerning the cultural environment of Adiabene in the Hellenistic, Parthian, and Sasanian periods. It collects, arranges, and briefly discusses all available sources: literary texts, archaeological... more
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      Ancient HistoryHellenistic HistoryAnatolian ArchaeologyMesopotamian Archaeology