| Plant, Richard J. (continued) | ||
| Arabic coins and how to read them (1980) | ||
| London: Seaby's Numismatic Publications, 1980, 2 ed., 150 p. | ||
| Abstract: In addition to Arabic, discusses and analyzes the Pahlavi legends and dates on Sasanian coins. | ||
| Plantzos, Dimitris | ||
| Hellenistic Engraved Gems (1999) | ||
| Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999 | ||
| Abstract: Includes three engraved gems of Mithradates I and Mithradates II. | ||
| Pliny the Elder (C. Plinius Secundus) | ||
| Natural history | ||
| In: Internet web site | ||
| Abstract: The Latin text as established by Karl Mayhoff in 1897-1908; this version is cross-linked to other useful sites and includes Pliny's preface. There is an excellent tabulation of Pliny's references to Parthia (in English) which has links to the on-line Latin text. | ||
| Natural history, with an English translation by H. Rackham (1979) | ||
| In: Rackham, Harris (tr.), The Loeb classical library : Latin authors, 330, 352-53, 370-71, 392-94, 418-19 | ||
| Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1979 | ||
| Abstract: Latin and English on opposite pages. Vols. 6-8 translated by W. H. S. Jones; v.10 Translated by D.E. Eicholz. | ||
| Plutarch | ||
| Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans (1864) | ||
| In: Dryden, John et al. (tr.); Clough, Arthur Hugh (ed.), Plutarch, The Parallel Lives, as translated by John Dryden and others (1683-86), revised and edited by Arthur Hugh Clough | ||
| 1864 | ||
| Abstract: "The information provided by Plutarch in his Lives, especially those of Crassus and Antony, is based on first-rate sources. With allowances for such patriotic biases as the attempts of the military to find an excuse for the defeat of Crassus, this biographer provides us with some of our most extensive connected narratives in Parthian history." [Debevoise (1938), p. xviii] | ||
| Plutarch's Lives / with an English translation by Bernadotte Perrin (1993) | ||
| In: Perrin, Bernadotte (tr.), Loeb classical library ; 46-47, 65, 80, 87, 98-103 | ||
| Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993 | ||
| Abstract: Greek and English on opposite pages. See "Index to all the lives," by J.W. Cohoon: v.11, p. 321-492. | ||
| Poirot III, J. Joseph | ||
| Perceptions of Classical Armenia: Romano-Parthian Relations, 70 BC-220 AD (2003) | ||
| Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 2003 | ||
| Abstract: Relative to its importance, little research has been done on the Romano-Parthian rivalry that existed during the first two centuries AD. By extension, even less has been written concerning the kingdom of classical Armenia, which often served as the focal point of that bitter conflict. The absence of such research is regrettable, for it was this very rivalry that dictated how the Empire’s eastern border would be defined. According to many modern scholars and several of the classical authors, Romans feared the looming threat of the Parthian state. Although such panic was unfounded, this fear supposedly then prompted the Empire’s prolonged obsession with the territory of Armenia, which both the scholarly and primary sources look upon as a military buffer state. Yet in reality, Roman action in the East was not the result of a collective decision of all Roman citizens, but rather brought about by the individual wants and desires of Rome’s leaders. These leaders regarded Armenia not as a buffer state, but as a staging ground for their various campaigns against Parthia. It was their personal ambitions, rather than Rome’s collective fear, that drew Armenia under the veil of Roman hegemony. This project intends to examine Armenia’s role in the Romano- Parthian conflict and hopes to prove that Roman imperialism was not defensive, as some scholars assert, but rather the end product of the ambitions of individual Roman leaders. | ||
| Polanski, Tomasz | ||
| Oriental Art in Greek Imperial Literature (1998) | ||
| In: Series Bochumer Altertumswissenschaftliches Colloquium ; Bd.36 | ||
| Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, 1998, 262 p. | ||
| Abstract: This book discusses the work of Greek writers from Diodorus (late 1st c. BC) to Aphthonius (late 4th c. AD). Its territorial range spans the regions from Egypt, through the Holy Land to Syria. The subject addressed entails the description in the Greek literature of the art and architecture of the Ancient Near East in the second and first millenia BC, and of the Parthian art. | ||
| Polk, Milbry & Schuster, Angela M. H. (eds.) | ||
| The looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad : the lost legacy of ancient Mesopotamia (2005) | ||
| New York: Abrams, 2005 | ||
| Pollard, Nigel | ||
| "Roman material culture across imperial frontiers? Three case studies from Parthian Dura-Europos" (2004) | ||
| In: Colvin, Stephen (ed.), The Greco-Roman East : politics, culture, society; Yale classical studies ; v. 31 | ||
| New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 119ff. | ||
| Abstract: Includes table of Roman and Parthian coins. | ||
| "Colonial and Cultural Identities in Parthian and Roman Dura-Europos" (2007) | ||
| In: Aspects of the Roman East : Papers in Honour of Professor Fergus Millar FBA [Studia Antiqua Australiensia (SAA 3)] | ||
| Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2007 | ||
| Pollitt, Katha | ||
| "Parthians" (1982) | ||
| In: Fisketjon, Jon & Galassi, Jonathan (eds.), The Random Review 1982 : The Year's Best Fiction, Poetry and Essays | ||
| New York: Random House, 1982, 317 p. | ||
| Abstract: Poetry | ||
| Pope, Arthur Upham | ||
| "A Great Parthian Fortress that defied Mark Anthony" (1938) | ||
| The Illustrated London News, 1938, no. 26 Feb, p. 348-349. | ||
| Persian Architecture: The Triumph of Form and Color (1965) | ||
| London: Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 14-75. | ||
| Abstract:
Examination of architecture in Iran and its continuity through various periods of history, ancient to modern. Chapter 1 treats Elam through Achaemenid period (ca. 3000-330 BCE); chapter 2 surveys Seleucid through Sasanian periods (311 BCE-651 AD). [MWW] Over 400 illustrations, 33 in color. This book reveals the architectural genius of the Persian nation, from the noble Achaemenid structures of the 6th century B.C. to the refined Safavid mosques of the early 18th century. Parthian domes, Sasanian vaults to Islamic plans. Includes a thorough account of the austere early brickwork, pure delight of Persian stucco decorations, and the splendid mosaic faience incrustations of Timurid buildings. [Publisher] | ||
| Pope, Arthur Upham & Ackerman, Phyllis (eds.) | ||
| A Survey of Persian art from prehistoric times to the present (1981) | ||
| In: 14 volumes | ||
| New York: Maxwell Aley Literary Associates, 1981, 3 ed. | ||
| Abstract:
Includes coins from the E.T. Newell collection. See esp. Vol VII, Pre-Achaemenid, Achemenid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods Third ed., 1977; Second impression, 1981, to commemorate the centennial of Arthur Upham Pope | ||
| Pope, Arthur Upham; Crane, M.: & Wilber, Donald | ||
| "The Institute's Survey of Persian Architecture, Preliminary Report on Takht-i Sulayman, The Signification of the Site. Summary Description of the Extant Structures" (1937) | ||
| In: Bulletin of the American Institute for Iranian Art and Archaeology, vol. V, 1937, pp. 71-105, 25 fig. | ||
| Bulletin of the American Institute for Iranian Art and Archaeology , 1937, vol. 5, p. 71-105. | ||
| Porada, Edith | ||
| Ancient Iran; the art of pre-Islamic times. With the collaboration of R. H. Dyson and contributions by C. K. Wilkinson (1965) | ||
| In: Art of the world, 16 | ||
| London: Methuen, 1965, 279 p. | ||
| Abstract: The Crown Publisher's 1965 edition is titled The Art of Ancient Iran. | ||
| The Art of Ancient Iran; Pre-Islamic Culture -- The Art of Parthians (1965) | ||
| In: Art of the world, 16 | ||
| London: Methuen, 1965, 279 p. | ||
| Abstract:
By Edith Porada, Columbia University, with the collaboration of R. H. Dyson and contributions by C.K. Wilkinson Also published in French, L'Iran Ancien : L'Art A l'Eepoque Preislamique (Paris, Editions Albin Michel, 1968) | ||
| Alt-Iran (1977) | ||
| In: Kunst der Welt. Ihre geschichtlichen, soziologischen und religiösen Grundlagen | ||
| Baden-Baden: Holle, 1977, 289 p. | ||
| Abstract: Ausgezeichnete, gut bebilderte Einführung in die Kunst der Kulturen des alten Iran. Anfänge, frühe Stadtkultur, Akkad, Elam, Luristan, Goldschalen aus NW-Iran, Tepe Sialk, Hasanlu, Ziwiye, Meder, Achämeniden, Seleukiden, Parther, Sassaniden. [Publisher] | ||
| Porada, Edith & Ettinghausen, R. | ||
| 7000 Years of Iranian Art (1964-1965) | ||
| Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1965, 183 p. | ||
| Abstract:
Overview: 737 catalogued objects were on view, dating from prehistoric times to the late 19th century and including pottery, metalwork of bronze, gold, and silver, weapons and jewelry, paintings, carpets, and textiles. The exhibition was made up of some 500 objects from the collection of Mohssen Foroughi, brother of the Iranian ambassador to the United States, and some 200 pieces selected from the archaeological museum in Tehran by Richard Ettinghausen. The Foroughi collection had been shown in 6 European museums in 1961-1963 (Sept Mille Ans d'Art en Iran). 12 objects considered to be of doubtful authenticity were withdrawn. The show was opened by the Shah and the Empress Farah, who were in Washington to discuss increased foreign aid to Iran with President Lyndon Johnson. Other venues: National Gallery of Art, 7 June-19 July 1964 Denver Art Museum William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Fine Arts, Boston California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco Los Angeles County Museum of Art | ||
| Posch, W. | ||
| "Chinesische Quellen zu den Parthern" (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. 355-364. | ||
| Post, A. | ||
| "Partische Gurtelschnallen aus Iran" (1995) | ||
| Boreas, 1995, vol. 18, p. 247-254. | ||
| Postel, Rainer | ||
| Katalog der antiken Münzen in der Hamburger Kunsthalle (1976) | ||
| In: 2 volumes | ||
| Hamburg: H. Christian, 1976 | ||
| Abstract: Catalog numbers 240-245 are Parthian. | ||
| Postgate, J. P. | ||
| "Further Notes on Lucan VIII" (1907) | ||
| Classical Quarterly, 1907, vol. 1, no. 2/3 (Jul), p. 216-222. | ||
| Potter, D. | ||
| "The Limits of Empire: The Roman Army in the East by Benjamin Isaac" (book review) (1990) | ||
| xiv+492 p. | ||
| Abstract: 5 maps at end. | ||
| Potter, David | ||
| "The Inscriptions on the Bronze Herakles from Mesene: Vologeses IV's War with Rome and the Date of Tacitus' Annales" (1991) | ||
| Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 1991, vol. 88, p. 227ff. | ||
| Potts, Daniel T. | ||
| "Arabia and the kingdom of Characene" (1988) | ||
| In: Potts, Daniel T. (ed.), Araby the blest : studies in Arabian archaeology; Carsten Niebuhr Institute Pub. 7 | ||
| Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1988 | ||
| The Arabian Gulf in antiquity, v. 2. From Alexander the Great to the coming of Islam (1990) | ||
| Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990 | ||
| Abstract: See particularly chapters 5 & 6 , "North-Eastern Arabia during the Parthian and Sasanian Periods" and "South-Eastern Arabia from the Hellenistic to the Sasanian Period." There is much information on Parthian artifacts, but no specifically Parthian coins are reported. There are, however, a few coins of Characene, and numerous Hellenistic-style coins of local mints. | ||
| "The Parthian presence in the Arabian Gulf" (1996) | ||
| In: Reade, J. E. (ed.), The Indian Ocean in Antiquity | ||
| London: Kegan Paul International, 1996, p. 269-285. | ||
| Abstract: Published in association with the British Museum, London. This is the first published reference to the first Parthian coin known from the Arabian side of the Gulf. | ||
| "The Roman relationship with the Persicus sinus from the rise of Spasinou Charax (127 BC) to the reign of Shapur II (AD 309-379)" (1997) | ||
| In: Alcock, Susan E. (ed.), The Early Roman Empire in the East; Oxbow Monograph 95 | ||
| Oxford: Oxbow Books, 1997, p. 89-107. | ||
| The Archaeology of Elam - Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State (1999) | ||
| Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999 | ||
| Abstract:
Few of the major peoples of the ancient Near East have been as little studied as the Elamites, a disparate collection of people living in what is today southwestern Iran, and yet few had such an impact on the course of history from c. 2600 BC to the first centuries AD. As the first synthesis of Elamite archaeology to appear in English in over fifteen years, this volume will serve as a major resource for all scholars, students and laymen interested in the ancient Near East. [Amazon] Chapter 10, 'Elymais', concerns Parthia's role vis-a-vis Elymais / Susiana. Chapter 10 has a very interesting synthesis, especially for the Hellenistic period. His chronology of kings is unfortunately very old (based upon Hill and de Morgan) and follows for the "Orodes" dynasty the arguable work of R. Vardanian. | ||
| "Five episodes in the history of Elymais, 145-124 B.C. : new data from the astronomical diaries" (2000) | ||
| In: Iran. Questions et connaissances. Actes du Ive congrès européen des études iraniennes organisé par la Societas Iranologica Europaea Paris, 6-10 Septembre 1999, Vol. I: La période ancienne. | ||
| Paris: Studia Iranica, 2000, vol. 25, p. 343-356. | ||
| Before the Emirates: an Archaeological and Historical Account of Developments in the Region c. 5000 BC to 676 AD (2001) | ||
| In: Al Abed, Ibrahim & Hellyer, Peter (eds.), United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective | ||
| London: Trident Press, 2001, p. 28-70. | ||
| "Disposal of the Dead in Planquadrat U/V XVIII at Uruk: A Parthian Enigma" (2006) | ||
| Baghdader Mitteilungen, 2006, vol. 37, p. 267-278. | ||
| Potts, Daniel T., Al Naboodah, Hasan & Hellyer, Peter | ||
| Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the First Annual Conference on the Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates (2003) | ||
| 2003 | ||
| Abstract: This elegant publication presents the major results of 40 years of archaeological research in a series of papers by leaders in their respective fields. In so doing it provides a fascinating insight into the diverse, but little-known, history and heritage of the region. From the first signs of human occupation, in the Late Stone Age, to the copper-mining industry of the Bronze Age and its international trade links, to the short-lived existence of Christian communities before Islam, and then into the Islamic period with its far-flung commerce, the archaeologcial evidence of the UAE's place in the history of the region is clearly documented | ||
| Pourjavady, Nasrallah (ed.) | ||
| The Splendour of Iran, vol. 1. Ancient times (Prehistoric Iran, Elamite heritage, Aryan legacy, Imperial period, applied and decorative arts, courtly pastimes) (2001) | ||
| London: Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2001 | ||
| Pourshariati, Parvaneh | ||
| Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran (2008) | ||
| London: I.B. Tauris, 2008 | ||
| Abstract: Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire has already been praised as one of the most intellectually exciting books about ancient Persia to have been published for years. It proposes a convincing contemporary answer answer to an ages-old mystery and conundrum: why, in the seventh century CE, did the seemingly powerful and secure Sasanian empire of Persia succumb so quickly and disastrously to the all-conquering Arab armies of Islam? Offering an impressive appraisal of the Sasanians' nemesis at the hands of the Arab forces which scythed all before them, the author suggests a bold solution to the enigma. On the face of it, the collapse of the Sasanians--given their strength and imperial power in the earlier part of the century--looks startling and inexplicable. But Professor Pourshariati explains their fall in terms of an earlier corrosion and decline, and as a result of their own internal weaknesses. The decentralized dynastic system of the Sasanian empire, whose backbone was a Sasanian-Parthian alliance, contained the seeds of its own destruction. This confederacy soon became unstable, and its degeneration sealed the fate of a doomed dynasty. [Publisher] | ||
| Price, Martin J. | ||
| Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. The Lewis Collection in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Part I: The Greek and Hellenistic Coins (with Britain and Parthia) (1972) | ||
| In: Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Great Britain, Vol. 6 | ||
| London: Oxford University Press, 1972 | ||
| Abstract: 24 plates with facing pages describing each coin. Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress. Contents: v. 6. The Lewis collection in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. pt. 1. The Greek and Hellenistic coins (with Britain and Parthia). pt. 2. The Greek Imperial coins. See reviews by P. Naster, Revue Belge de Numismatique et de Sillographie, vol. 119 (1973), pp. 198-199; Acta Numismatica, vol. 3 (1973), p. 308; B. Overbeck, Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte, vol. 23 (1973), p. 163; Gh. Poenaru Bordea, Studii si Cercetari de Numismatica, vol. 7 (1980), pp. 200. | ||
| Priestman, Seth & Simpson, St. John (eds.) | ||
| Parthian, Sasanian and Early Islamic Pottery: dating, definition and distribution (2008) | ||
| 2008 | ||
| Abstract: Papers or abstracts from a specialist workshop at The British Museum. Organised by Seth Priestman & St John Simpson, Department of the Ancient Near East, The British Museum | ||
| Prime, W. C. | ||
| "Coins And Coinage" (1860) | ||
| Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1860, vol. 20, no. 117 (Feb), p. 326-341. | ||
| Abstract: Profusley illustrated with examples, printed in double columns, disbound from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume XX, February, 1860. The history of coins and coinage. Illus include Egyptian ring money, the staters of Miletus, Lydia, and Phocea, a silver coin of Caulonia, the drachma of Aegina, a silver coind of Alexander I, a drachma of Archelaus I, armlets, torques, and ring money of Britain, Roman copper money, coins of Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great, Perseus, Attalus, Athens, Corinth, Mithridates, Antiochus, Pyrrius, Parthian, Ptolemy, Antony and Cleopatra, a Jewish Shekel, etc. Pre publication serial appearance. | ||
| Prinsep, Henry Thoby | ||
| Historical results from Bactrian coins and other discoveries in Afghanistan / based on the note books and the coin-cabinet of James Prinsep, as edited by H. T. Prinsep (1844) | ||
| Chicago: Ares, 1974, iv+124 p. | ||
| Abstract: Reprint. Originally published as: Notes on the historical results deducible from recent discoveries in Afghanistan / by H.T. Prinsep (London : W. H. Allen, 1844). | ||
| Prinsep, James | ||
| "On the Greek Coins in the Cabinet of the Asiatic Society" (1858) | ||
| In: Thomas, Edward, Essays on Indian antiquities, historic, numismatic, and palœographic, of the late James Prinsep, to which are added his useful tables, illustrative of Indian history, chronology, modern coinages, weights, measures, etc. Vol 1 | ||
| London: 1858, p. 7-22. | ||
| Abstract: A heavily edited and amended series of articles from the notebooks of Prinsep. This section has a short catalog of eight Parthian coins, with interesting discussion of the early authorities and their attributions of these coins. | ||
| Prokesch-Osten, Baron A. von | ||
| "Beiträge zu den Münzen der Arsaciden" (1869) | ||
| Numismatische Zeitschrift, 1869, vol. 1, p. 255-256. | ||
| Les Monnaies des Rois Parthes de la collection de M. le Comte Prokesch-Osten (1874) | ||
| In: Mémoires de la Société Française de Numismatique et d'Archéologie - Section d'Attributions Numismatiques | ||
| Paris: Société Francaise de Numismatique et d'Archéologie, 1874, 82+(2) p. | ||
| Abstract:
Cited by Wroth (BMC Parthia) as published Paris, 1874-1875. "Prokesch-Osten's book describes the coins in his own fine collection, now in the Berlin museum. It is an indispensible catalogue, though printed (and possibly compiled) in the most careless fashion." -- Wroth (BMC Parthia, xiv) Also, see the Markoff supplements: Markoff, Alexis de. Les Monnaies des Rois Parthes. Supplement a l'ouvrage de M. le comte Prokesch-Osten. In 2 fasicules. Paris: C. van Peteghem (1877). | ||
| Prokisch, Bernhard | ||
| Die antiken iranischen Munzen des Oberosterreichischen Landesmuseums (1987) | ||
| In: Jahrbuch des Oberosterreichischen Musealvereines (Gesellschaft fur Landeskunde), 132 Pt. 1 | ||
| Linz: 1987, p. 7-37. | ||
| Abstract: Iranian coins (121 Arsacid, 8 Sassanid) from the Landesmuseum's Munzsammlung are shown in 1:1 photographs and are cited according to standard references (Sellwood, von Petrowicz, Wroth and Gobl). (Lawrence Okamura) | ||
| Provasi, Elio A. | ||
| "Seals with Pahlavi Inscriptions from the Nayeri Collection" (1975) | ||
| East and West, 1975, tome/ser. New, vol. 25, no. 3-4, p. 427-433. | ||
| Provenzali, A. | ||
| "La figura infantile nella prima arte gandharica: modelli e corrispondenze significanti" (2005) | ||
| Parthica, 2005, vol. 7 | ||
| Ptolemy | ||
| Asiae Tabula quinta continentur Assyria, Media, Susiana, Persis, Parthia, Carmania deserta, & Hyrcanai (Laurent Fries' reduced version of Martin Waldseemüller's map of Persia according to Ptolemy; text on verso) (1541) | ||
| In: Ptolemaios, Geographie | ||
| Vienna: 1541, 1 p. | ||
| Abstract: Vienna, 1541. 30 x 40.5 - 46.5 cm, finely coloured by a later hand, a few very small sewing-holes in center-fold, otherwise excellent. Martin Waldseemüller (1470-1521) drew the maps for the 1513 and 1520 editions of Ptolemy's ' Geographia'. They were revised and reduced by Laurent Fries and used for the ' Geography' editions of 1522 and 1525 (Strassburg), 1535 (Lyon) and 1541 (Vienna). | ||
| Pucci Ben-Zeev, Marina (Miriam) | ||
| "Studies in Josephus; history and apologetics" (1983) | ||
| Jerusalem Cathedra, 1983, vol. 3, p. 13-25. | ||
| Abstract: Translated from the Hebrew. Jewish-Parthian relations in Josephus. | ||
| Bibliography - Page 48 |
This page last updated 10 Aug 2008
 |
 |
 |