Adiabene
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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