Oriental studies

There are 625 items in Oriental studies:

Vologases V

Vologases V: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.191-208). Vagharshapat, Inscription mentioning the Roman legion XV Apollinaris In the first half of the…

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Vologases VI

Vologases VI: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.208-226?). Vologases VI In the first half of the second century, the Parthian Empire had…

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Vonones I

Vonones I: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.8-12). Vonones I Shortly after the violent death of king Phraataces in the year 6…

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Wen-Amun

Wen-Amun: Egyptian diplomat, famous for his misadventurous voyage to Byblos in the early eleventh century BCE. A king of the Twentieth Dynasty…

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Xerxes II and Sogdianus

Xerxes II (Old Persian Khšayâršâ) and Sogdianus: kings of the ancient Achaemenid empire. Xerxes ruled forty five days in the first months of 423 BCE; Sogdianus ruled for six months and fifteen days.Our only source for the reign of Xerxes…

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XH

Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.XH, inscription on a silver pitcher from Ecbatana Inscription in Old Persian on a fragment of a silver pitcher. Xšayâršâha…

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XPa

Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.The following text, known as XPa, is inscribed in the walls of the Gate of all Nations, the…

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XPb

Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.The following Old Persian text can be found on the outer wall of the northern and eastern stairs…

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XPc

Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments. …

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XPd

Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.Inscription XPd can be found beside the stairs of the Palace of Xerxes in Persepolis and on the…

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