| Cowley, A. | ||
| "The Pahlavi Documents from Avroman" (1919) | ||
| Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1919, p. 147-154. | ||
| Coyajee, J. C. | ||
| "The House of Gotarzes: A Chapter of Parthian History in Shahnameh" (1932) | ||
| Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1932, vol. 28, p. 207-224. | ||
| Craven, Lucile | ||
| Antony's oriental policy until the defeat of the Parthian expedition (1920) | ||
| In: University of Missouri Studies. Social science series. v.3 no.2 | ||
| Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri-Columbia, 1920, 87 p. | ||
| Abstract: This paper was accepted as a dissertation by the Graduate faculty of the University of Missouri in May, 1918, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor philosophy. | ||
| Crawford, Michael H. | ||
| Roman Republican coin hoards (1969) | ||
| In: Royal Numismatic Society. Special publication, no. 4 | ||
| London: Royal Numismatic Society, 1969, 170 p. | ||
| Abstract: Crawford hoards 246 and 455 contain Parthian coins in IGCH 1745, 1746. See 524/2 for coins of Q. Labienus. | ||
| Cribb, Joe | ||
| "Indo-Scythian Coins from Pakistan" (1977) | ||
| In: Coins Hoards, vol. 3 | ||
| 1977, p. 108-113. | ||
| Abstract: A group of 77 Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian silver drachms and tetradrachms is said to have been acquired in Peshawar, Pakistan. The nature of the group suggests it is a whole or partial hoard. The coins range in date through the reigns of Azes I, Azilises, and Azes II, with a single tetradrachm of Gondophares. It seems likely that the hoard was deposited when Gondophares was encroaching upon the western part of the kingdom of Azes II. [E. Marles] | ||
| "New Evidence of Indo-Parthian Political History" (1985) | ||
| In: Coin hoards VII | ||
| 1985, vol. 7, p. 282-300. | ||
| Abstract: Discusses two hoards of Indo-Parthian coins and establishes a new table of rulers and their coinages. | ||
| Cross, Robin (ed.) | ||
| Warfare: A Chronological History (1991) | ||
| Wellfleet Press, 1991, 256 p. | ||
| Abstract: The Definitive Account of the Evolution of War... Key Battles... Technology... Commanders... Theorists. Book includes over 150 specially commissioned maps and plans, profiles of the great commanders, and analysis of strategy. | ||
| Cui-Bian | ||
| "Roman descendants found in Gansu : Lijian Ruins" (1998) | ||
| Beijing Review, 1998, vol. 41, no. 46 (Nov), p. 19-20. | ||
| Abstract: A Roman connection with Lijan, an ancient city located in Zhelaizhai Village, 10 kilometers south of the county seat of Yongchang, Gansu Province, China, has been confirmed by archaeologists from China and other countries. Lijan was built to accommodate a group of Roman captives, but the question of how the captives came to be in Gansu was never resolved until now. Due to scholars' consultations with historical books with the assistance of related departments in Gansu, records have been found to resolve the 2,000 year-old puzzle. It appears that the Romans may have wandered into China following a bloody war between Rome and Parthia, present-day Iran. [Author] | ||
| Cumont, F. | ||
| Fouilles de Doura-Europos (1922-1923) / avec un appendice sur la céramique de Doura par m. et mme. Félix Massoul (1926) | ||
| In: Hautcommissariat de la République française en Syrie et au Liban. Service des antiquités et des beaux-arts. Bibliothque archéologique et historique. t. IX | ||
| Paris: Geuthner, 1926, lxviii+533 p. | ||
| "Nouvelles inscriptiones grecques de Suse" (1930) | ||
| Comptes rendus de l'académie des inscriptions, 1930, p. 211-220. | ||
| "Nouvelles inscriptiones grecques de Suse" (1932) | ||
| Comptes rendus de l'académie des inscriptions, 1932, p. 271-286. | ||
| "L'adoration des mages et l'art triomphal de Rome" (1932) | ||
| In: Atti della Pontificia Accademia de Archeologia, Serie IIa, Memoire III | ||
| Rome: 1932, p. 82-105. | ||
| Abstract: A useful compendium on the representation of Parthians in Rome, on the golden crown as a mark of honour and as a tribute and on covering the hands; Cumont demonstrates how the representation of barbarians bringing tribute served as the model for the Adoration of the Magi in Christian art. [Otto Kurz] | ||
| "Une lettre du roi Artaban III a la ville Susa" (1932) | ||
| Comptes rendus de l'académie des inscriptions, 1932, p. 238-259. | ||
| "L'iniziazione di Nerone da parte di Tiridate d'Armenia" (1933) | ||
| Riv. di Filologia, 1933, vol. 61, p. 145-154. | ||
| "Bronzes hellénistiques en Perse" (1936) | ||
| In: Fr. CUMONT, Bronzes hellénistiques en Perse, dans Syria, vol. XVII, 1936, pp. . | ||
| Syria, 1936, vol. 17, p. 394-395. | ||
| "Les bronzes gréco-parthes de Shami" (1939) | ||
| Syria, 1939, vol. 20, p. 167-168. | ||
| "Portrait d'une reine parthe trouvé a Suse" (1939) | ||
| Comptes rendus de l'académie des inscriptions, 1939, p. 330-341. | ||
| Curatola, Giovanni & Scarcia, Gianroberto | ||
| Iran : 2500 ans d'art perse (2004) | ||
| Paris: Hazan, 2004, 261 p. | ||
| Abstract:
See especially pp.47-78 "Arsace ou le refus du temps" about parthian history and art with many illustrations. La région iranienne, plus vaste que le territoire de l'Etat d'aujourd'hui, a connu depuis les temps les plus reculés une expérience culturelle extraordinaire. Son art a continuellement puisé à des sources hétérogènes et apparemment lointaines (le monde méditerranéen d'un côté, l'Inde et la Chine de l'autre, l'immense Asie centrale faisant le lien) pour les fondre en un langage nouveau et autonome destiné à servir de source d'inspiration pour d'autres cultures (Arménie, Géorgie, Indes, pays du Levant, Samarkand, etc.). Cette continuité culturelle et artistique explique le parti inédit de cet ouvrage : embrasser en un livre unique l'époque préislamique (en ses trois plus importantes phases à partir du VIIe siècle avant J-C. : achéménide, parthe et sassanide) et l'époque islamique (du VIIIe siècle après J.C. au XVIIIe siècle) qui connaît une de ces apogées à travers les canons " persans " et enregistre elle aussi des influences romaines, chinoises, mais se nourrit en permanence de la tradition perse comme un idéal. Toutes les disciplines artistiques sont abordées, des grands reliefs monumentaux achéménides et sassanides à la céramique et à la célèbre miniature persane, sans oublier l'architecture, l'orfèvrerie et les arts du textile. [Publisher] | ||
| Curiel, Raoul & Fussman, Gérard | ||
| Le Trésor Monétaire de Qunduz [Prospection à Khisht Tépé, par Marc Le Berre] (1965) | ||
| In: Mémoires de la Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan, 20 | ||
| Paris: C. Klincksieck, 1965, 93 p. | ||
| Abstract: An analysis of a remarkable find of 627 coins of the Bactrian Kings. 93 pages of text, 60 plates including a fold-out map and some photos of the find-site. See reviews by R. Göbl, Gnomen, vol 42, no. 6 (Oct 1970), pp. 634-636; G. K Jenkins, Journal of Hellinic Studies, vol. 88 (1968), pp. 246-247; E. V. Zeimal, VDI, vol. 11, no. 1 (1967), pp. 160-165; M. S. Tarzi, Aryana, vol. 26, no. 5 (Sep-Oct 1968), pp. 44-52 (translation into Dari of Zeimal review); and Georges Le Rider, Revue Numismatique, Ser. 6, vol. 8 (1966), pp. 325-327; | ||
| Curiel, Raoul & Schlumberger, Daniel | ||
| Trésors monétaires d'Afghanistan (1953) | ||
| In: Mémoires de la Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan, 14 | ||
| Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1953 | ||
| Abstract:
Contents L'argent grec dans l'empire achéménide, par D. Schlumberger. Le trésor de Mir Zakah près de Gardez, par R. Curiel et D. Schlumberger. Le trésor du Tépé Maranjan, par R. Curiel | ||
| Curtis, John E. | ||
| "Parthian Gold from Nineveh" (1976) | ||
| In: The Classical Tradition - The British Museum Yearbook 1 | ||
| London: British Museum Press, 1976 | ||
| ''Loftus' Parthian cemetery at Warka'" (1976) | ||
| In: Akten des VII. Internationalee Kongresses für Iranisch Kunst und Archäologie (Munich, 7-10 September 1976); Series Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran. Ergänzungsband 6 | ||
| Berlin: D. Reimer, 1979, p. 309-317. | ||
| Abstract: Interesting article on the 1850's excavations of Loftus as illustrated by watercolorist Henry A Churchill, who accompanied him on the trip. The paintings and the artifacts are in the British Museum. | ||
| Ancient Persia (1990) | ||
| Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990, 72 p. | ||
| Abstract: Persia occupies an important place among the great civilisations of the ancient world. The many splendid achievements of the early inhabitants of Iran range from the imaginatively painted pottery of the prehistoric period to the magnificent silver vessels of Sasanian times, and include the Luristan bronzes and the spectacular sculptures of Persepolis. Civilisation began early in Iran, in common with other parts of the Middle East, and John Curtis traces the history, archaeology and art from the growth of settled communities in about 6000 BC through to the beginning of the Islamic period in the 7th century AD. The author illustrates this concise introduction to ancient Persia with examples drawn from the rich collection of Iranian antiquities in the British Museum. [author] | ||
| Mesopotamia and Iran in the Parthian and Sasanian Periods : Rejection and Revival c. 238 B.C. and 642 A.D. (1999) | ||
| London: 1999, 100 p. | ||
| Abstract:
With 12 colour and 60 monochrome illustrations. John Curtis is Keeper, Western Asiatic Antiquities Department, British Museum. Included in this volume are papers delivered at the fourth seminar in memory of Vladimir Lukonin. This series has examined relations between Mesopotamia and Iran from the earliest historical period onwards, and this latest and last seminar deals with the Parthian and Sasanian periods, between circa 238 BC and AD 642. This epoch witnessed a rejection of the Hellenistic ideals introduced by Alexander and, with the coming to power of two successive Iranian dynasties, the Parthian and the Sasanians, a revival of oriental culture. control over Iran and Mesopotamia brought the Parthians and Sasanians into conflict with Rome and later Byzantium in the west. The book contains essays on Parthian and sasanian history, Parthian culture and costume, rock reliefs of sasanian Iran, Sasanian silver vessels. The text also discusses Mesopotamia in the sasanian period, with particular emphasis on settlement patterns and arts and crafts. The concluding chapter deals with sasanian art beyond the Persian world. [Publisher] See review: Wouter F. M. Henkelman, Bibliotheca Orientalis 58 (2001), columns 651-656; A.D.H. Bivar, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Third Series, 11 (2001), pages 275-277. | ||
| Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh | ||
| "Investiture during the Parthian Dynasty" | ||
| A study of Parthian costumes : origin and distribution (1988) | ||
| London: 1988 | ||
| Abstract: Thesis [Ph.D.]--University College, London, 1988 | ||
| "Parthian and Sasanian Themes in Iranian Art: New Directions in the Art and Archaeology of Iran" (1992) | ||
| British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology Newsletter, 1992, p. 75-79. | ||
| Persian myths (1993) | ||
| In: Series: The Legendary past | ||
| Austin: University of Texas Press, 1993, 1 ed., 80 p. | ||
| Abstract: Available in German as Persische Mythen aus dem Englischen übers. von Michael Müller (1994) | ||
| "Parthian and Sasanian furniture" (1993) | ||
| In: Herrmann, Georgina & Parker, Neville (eds.), The furniture of Western Asia, ancient and traditional : papers of the Conference held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, June 28 to 30, 1993 | ||
| Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1996 | ||
| "More Parthian Finds from Ancient Elymais in Southwestern Iran" (1994) | ||
| Iranica Antiqua, 1994, vol. 29, p. 201-214. | ||
| "The Parthian Costume and Headdress" (1996) | ||
| In: Wiesehöfer, Josef (ed.), Das Partherreich und seine Zeugnisse - The Arsacid Empire : Sources and Documentation. Beiträge des Internationalen Colloquiums, Eutin (27.-30. Juni 1996). Historia-Einzelschriften, 122 | ||
| Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1998, p. 61-73. | ||
| Abstract: Plates 2 and 3 show 17 Parthian coins, all from the British Museum, used to illustrate Parthian costume. | ||
| "Parthian coins in the service of Parthian art history" (1999) | ||
| London: 1999 | ||
| Abstract: Lecture presented before the Oriental Numismatic Society meeting at the British Museum Coin and Medal Department on Saturday 13 March 1999. | ||
| "Parthian culture and costume" (2000) | ||
| In: Curtis, John E. (ed.), Mesopotamia and Iran in the Parthian and Sasanian Periods : Rejection and Revival c. 238 B.C. and 642 A.D. | ||
| London: 2000, p. 23-43. | ||
| "Parthian Belts and Belt Plaques" (2001) | ||
| Iranica Antiqua, 2001, vol. 36, p. 299-328. | ||
| Abstract: Focuses on several examples of belts worn in the Parthian period. Types of decoration and distribution of belts; Representation of belts in Parthian art; Belts within the Parthian empire. | ||
| "Religious symbols and coins" (2004) | ||
| In: Symposium: After Alexander: Central Asia Before Islam. Themes in the history and Archaeology of Western Central Asia The British Academy, London, 23-25 June 2004 | ||
| 2004 | ||
| Abstract:
This paper will discuss the importance of religious symbolism and royal propaganda on Iranian coins (Parthian, Persian and Sasanian ) and compare the iconography with coins from Central Asia of the Indo-Parthian kings, Kushans and Kushano-Sasanians. We will examine scenes with religious and political messages: the investiture of the king by a divine being, which is marked by the presentation of an object such as a diadem, a palm frond or a ring. Sometimes the divine investiture is symbolised by the appearance of a winged goddess resembling the Hellenistic Nike/Fortuna on either side of the head. Parthian coins of the late first century BC depict a bird with a diadem or ring in its beak behind the king's head. The bird is probably the royal falcon, the Avestan varegna and bestower of God Given Fortune, who is closely associated with Verethragna, the Zoroastrian god of Victory. A royal falcon appears also on the headdress of Orlagno, the Kushan god of Victory, on coins of Kanishka I, and a bird is also placed at the top of Kanishka's sceptre on one of his gold coins. The official royal message is clear: the king is the rightful and legitimate ruler who enjoys divine protection. With the appearance of the Sasanians on the political scene, the fusion of 'royal ideology and religion' shows itself in the religious iconography of the early coins which is completely in tune with the coin legends. The Sasanian king, who describes himself as the Mazda worshipping king of kings, of divine origin/seeds, uses coins to make a political statement: he is the legitimate holder of the God Given Fortune according to the Zoroastrian doctrine. He protects the 'good religion' as the true guardian of the Zoroastrian religion. [Author] | ||
| "The Iranian Revival in the Parthian Period" (2007) | ||
| In: Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh & Stewart, Sarah (eds.), Age of the Parthians. Series: Idea of Iran, vol. 2 | ||
| London: I.B. Tauris, 2007 | ||
| "Iranian Coins: Symbols of Power" (2007) | ||
| In: Herrmann, Georgina & Cribb, Joe (eds.), After Alexander: Central Asia Before Islam | ||
| London: Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
| Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh & Stewart, Sarah (eds.) | ||
| The Age Of The Parthians (2007) | ||
| In: Series: Idea of Iran, vol. 2 | ||
| London: I.B. Tauris, 2007, 297 p. | ||
| Abstract: The Parthians were nomadic horse-warriors who left few written records, concentrating rather on a rich oral and storytelling tradition. What knowledge we have of this remarkable people derives primarily from their coinage, which mixed Hellenism with Persian influences. In this book, distinguished scholars examine - from a variety of perspectives--the origins of the Parthians, their history, religion and culture, as well as perceptions of their empire through the lens of both imperial Rome and China. [publisher] | ||
| Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh, Hillenbrand, Robert & Rogers, Michael (eds.) | ||
| The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Persia: New Light on the Parthian and Sasanian Empires (1992) | ||
| London: I.B. Tauris, 1996, xvi+191 p. | ||
| Abstract:
These are the Proceedings of the Colloquium on Parthian and Sasanian Themes in Iranian Art: New Directions in the Art and Archeology of Iran, London, March 23-25, 1992. The art of the Parthian and Sasanian empires exercised enormous influence on art and culture in the early Islamic period and its legacy has continuing relevance in modern times. Pre-Islamic stylistic developments and motifs were widely adopted in the Islamic period: traditional mosque architecture, for example, draws much from Parthian and Sasanian forms. See review: Kamyar Abdi, Madjalle-ye Bastanshenasi wa Tarikh - Iranian Journal of Archaeology and History 13:1 (2000), pages 84-85 [In Persian]; Margaret Cool Root in Journal of the American Oriental Society, forthcoming (as of Feb 2004). | ||
| Dabrowa, Edward | ||
| "Les rapports entre Rome et les Parthes sous Vespasian" (1981) | ||
| Syria, 1981, vol. 58, p. 187-204. | ||
| La politique de l'état parthe à l'égard de Rome d'Artaban II à Vologèse I (ca 11-ca 79 de N.E.) et les facteurs qui la conditionnaient (1983) | ||
| In: Rozprawy habilitacyjne / Uniwersytet Jagiellonski ; nr. 74 | ||
| Kraków: Nakl. Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, 1983, 182 p. | ||
| Abstract:
Table des matières Abrévations .......... 5 Introduction .......... 7 Première partie: Les contacts politiques partho-romains jusqu'à Artaban II .......... 15 Deuxième partie; les rapports partho-romains d'environ 11 à 51 de n.e. .-...- Chapitre 1: La politique intérieure d'Artaban II .......... 73 Chapitre 2: La politique extérieure d'Artaban II en Occident .......... 102 Chapitre 3: Les contacts partho-romains après la mort d'Artaban II .............. Troisième partie: La Parthie et Rome sous le règne de Vologese I Chapitre 1: La politique extérieure de Vologese I en Occident jusqu'au traité de Rhandéia .......... 131 Chapitre 2: Les rapports partho-romains dans les années 63 a env. 79 de n.e. .......... 154 Conclusion .......... 175 Bibliographie .......... 177 | ||
| "Le programme de la politique en occident des derniers Arsacides" (1984) | ||
| Iranica Antiqua, 1984, vol. 19, p. 149-165. | ||
| "Vologèse Ier et l'Hyrcanie" (1984) | ||
| Iranica Antiqua, 1984, vol. 19, p. 141-147. | ||
| "The Frontier of Syria in the First Century AD" (1986) | ||
| In: Freeman, P. W. M. & Kennedy, David (eds.), Defence of the Roman and Byzantine East: Proceedings of a Colloquium held at the University of Sheffield in April 1986, British Archaeological Reports S297, 2 vols., British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, Monograph 8 | ||
| Oxford: 1986, p. 93-108. | ||
| "L'attitude d'Orode II à l'égard de Rome de 49 à 42 av. n.è." (+ "Parthian Foreign Policy during the Roman Civil Wars") (1986) | ||
| Latomus, 1986, vol. 45, no. 1, p. 119-124. | ||
| "Les premiers 'otages' parthes à Rome" (1987) | ||
| In: Folia Orientalia 24, Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Józef Wolski | ||
| 1987, p. 63-71. | ||
| "Les héros de luttes politiques dans l'etat Parthe dans la première moitié du Ier siècle de notre ère" (1989) | ||
| Iranica Antiqua, 1989, vol. 24, p. 311-322. | ||
| "Die Politik der Arsakiden auf dem Gebiet des Südlichen Mesopotamiens und im Becken des Persischen Meerbusens in der Zweiten Hälfte des I. Jahrhunderts n. Chr." (1991) | ||
| Mesopotamia, 1991, vol. 26, p. 141-153. | ||
| "The Bellum Commagenicum and the Ornamenta Triumphalla of M. Ulpius Traianus" (1992) | ||
| In: Proceedings of a Colloquium held in Krakow, Sept. 1992 | ||
| 1992, p. 19-27. | ||
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