Henry P Colburn
Biographic Data
| ID | 1419027 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Henry P Colburn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Henry P |
| FAMILY NAME | Colburn |
| SIGNATURE | COLBURN H P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4887-9889 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1838 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Cities of Persia
After his victory at Gaugamela in 331 BC Alexander captured the Achaemenid heartland in southwestern Iran, including the former imperial capitals of Susa and Persepolis. This region, comprising Elymais and Persis as they were known in the Hellenistic period, became politically marginalized as a result and subject variously to Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian rule. Elymais thrived under the Seleucids, Parthians, and local Elymaean dynasts, and Sus…
Sasanian and early Islamic copper-base metalworking at Qasr-e Abu Nasr, south-central Iran
A group of metal objects excavated at Qasr-e Abu Nasr in south-central Iran in the 1930s, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has been analyzed to examine metalworking techniques and metallurgical processes. Thirty-three objects were studied and analyzed by micro-X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and metallography techniques. The results of these analyses show a wide range …
The first Hyrcanian tiger? A unique figurine from Yarim Tepe, Iran
Coins from Qasr-e Abu Nasr
A Parthian Shot of Potential Arsacid Date
This paper publishes a ceramic bowl in the Metropolitan Museum of Art depicting a Parthian shot. Although it lacks archaeological provenance, the bowl can be dated to the 4th to 2nd centuries BCE, and probably comes from northwestern Iran. It is, therefore, one of the few possible instances of a Parthian shot from the Arsacid Empire
Kings, Countries, Peoples
Kings, Countries, Peoples: Selected Studies on the Achaemenid Empire. By Pierre Briant, translated by Amélie Kuhrt. Oriens et Occidens, vol. 26. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2017. Pp. xxv + 633. €99
An Urartian Belt in the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Origins of the Parthian Shot
This article discusses three joining fragments of an Urartian bronze belt in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, an outlier in the museum’s predominantly Greco-Roman holdings. Based on its composition and style, the belt probably dates to the second half of the eighth century bce. The iconography includes images of the “Parthian shot,” in which a mounted archer turns in the saddle to fire behind him. Although associated with the Parthians…
Archaeology of Empire in Achaemenid Egypt
Experiencing Achaemenid Egypt
The final chapter considers briefly how Ptolemaic ideology and propaganda have refashioned the memory of Achaemenid rule into something explicitly negative, thus coloring all subsequent accounts of the period. It then discusses and recapitulates how studying experience provides a way around these Greek-influenced accounts of the Persians, and provide a clearer picture of the complexity of ancient imperialism.
Archaeology of Empire in Achaemenid Egypt
Representation and Identity
Pioneers of the Western Desert
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Roman collecting and the biographies of Egyptian Late Period statues
Studies of Egyptian Late Period statuary often assume that the extant corpus is a representative sample of the artistic output of the Twenty-Sixth to Thirty-First Dynasties (c. 664–332 BCE). This assumption ignores the various human processes that affect the survival of statues after their initial dedication. In particular, the Roman practice of collecting Egyptian naophorous statues for reuse in cult spaces of Egyptian gods in Italy has skewed t…
Art of the Achaemenid Empire, and Art in the Achaemenid Empire
This chapter is an introduction to two of the major aspects of the study of Achaemenid Persian art, namely its definition, and the analysis of quotations of other artistic traditions. Achaemenid art is best defined as consisting of two categories of material. One is the art of the empire, i.e. art produced in furtherance of imperial goals. The other category consists of art in the empire, i.e. the artistic production of regions subject to Achaeme…
Connectivity and Communication in the Achaemenid Empire
The vast territorial extent of the Achaemenid Empire is often assumed to have impeded connectivity and communication within the empire. This paper challenges the validity of this assumption. Two factors in particular favor this conclusion—the presence of an extensive road network and the high communication speed in the empire, made possible by the pirradazish service. Together, they demonstrate the enormous potential for movement and interaction …
Orientalism, Postcolonialism, and the Achaemenid Empire
In his recent study of religion and imperialism in the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Bruce Lincoln depicts the Achaemenids as savage and decadent in order to make a point about contemporary American foreign policy. This paper challenges Lincoln's vision of the empire by examining the severe methodological flaws that underlie it, especially his untested assumptions about the nature of Achaemenid religion and his uncritical use of Greek sources for th…
The British Academy/The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens, Vol. 1: 1820–1839
An expedition of discovery into the interior of Africa
Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb
Coins from Qasr-e Abu Nasr
Sasanian and early Islamic copper-base metalworking at Qasr-e Abu Nasr, south-central Iran
A group of metal objects excavated at Qasr-e Abu Nasr in south-central Iran in the 1930s, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has been analyzed to examine metalworking techniques and metallurgical processes. Thirty-three objects were studied and analyzed by micro-X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and metallography techniques. The results of these analyses show a wide range …
Connectivity and Communication in the Achaemenid Empire
The vast territorial extent of the Achaemenid Empire is often assumed to have impeded connectivity and communication within the empire. This paper challenges the validity of this assumption. Two factors in particular favor this conclusion—the presence of an extensive road network and the high communication speed in the empire, made possible by the pirradazish service. Together, they demonstrate the enormous potential for movement and interaction …
Roman collecting and the biographies of Egyptian Late Period statues
Studies of Egyptian Late Period statuary often assume that the extant corpus is a representative sample of the artistic output of the Twenty-Sixth to Thirty-First Dynasties (c. 664–332 BCE). This assumption ignores the various human processes that affect the survival of statues after their initial dedication. In particular, the Roman practice of collecting Egyptian naophorous statues for reuse in cult spaces of Egyptian gods in Italy has skewed t…
Orientalism, Postcolonialism, and the Achaemenid Empire
In his recent study of religion and imperialism in the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Bruce Lincoln depicts the Achaemenids as savage and decadent in order to make a point about contemporary American foreign policy. This paper challenges Lincoln's vision of the empire by examining the severe methodological flaws that underlie it, especially his untested assumptions about the nature of Achaemenid religion and his uncritical use of Greek sources for th…
An expedition of discovery into the interior of Africa
Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb
The British Academy/The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens, Vol. 1: 1820–1839
Orientalism, Postcolonialism, and the Achaemenid Empire
In his recent study of religion and imperialism in the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Bruce Lincoln depicts the Achaemenids as savage and decadent in order to make a point about contemporary American foreign policy. This paper challenges Lincoln's vision of the empire by examining the severe methodological flaws that underlie it, especially his untested assumptions about the nature of Achaemenid religion and his uncritical use of Greek sources for th…
Art of the Achaemenid Empire, and Art in the Achaemenid Empire
This chapter is an introduction to two of the major aspects of the study of Achaemenid Persian art, namely its definition, and the analysis of quotations of other artistic traditions. Achaemenid art is best defined as consisting of two categories of material. One is the art of the empire, i.e. art produced in furtherance of imperial goals. The other category consists of art in the empire, i.e. the artistic production of regions subject to Achaeme…
Connectivity and Communication in the Achaemenid Empire
The vast territorial extent of the Achaemenid Empire is often assumed to have impeded connectivity and communication within the empire. This paper challenges the validity of this assumption. Two factors in particular favor this conclusion—the presence of an extensive road network and the high communication speed in the empire, made possible by the pirradazish service. Together, they demonstrate the enormous potential for movement and interaction …
Roman collecting and the biographies of Egyptian Late Period statues
Studies of Egyptian Late Period statuary often assume that the extant corpus is a representative sample of the artistic output of the Twenty-Sixth to Thirty-First Dynasties (c. 664–332 BCE). This assumption ignores the various human processes that affect the survival of statues after their initial dedication. In particular, the Roman practice of collecting Egyptian naophorous statues for reuse in cult spaces of Egyptian gods in Italy has skewed t…
Pioneers of the Western Desert
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Archaeology of Empire in Achaemenid Egypt
Experiencing Achaemenid Egypt
The final chapter considers briefly how Ptolemaic ideology and propaganda have refashioned the memory of Achaemenid rule into something explicitly negative, thus coloring all subsequent accounts of the period. It then discusses and recapitulates how studying experience provides a way around these Greek-influenced accounts of the Persians, and provide a clearer picture of the complexity of ancient imperialism.
Archaeology of Empire in Achaemenid Egypt
Representation and Identity
An Urartian Belt in the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Origins of the Parthian Shot
This article discusses three joining fragments of an Urartian bronze belt in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, an outlier in the museum’s predominantly Greco-Roman holdings. Based on its composition and style, the belt probably dates to the second half of the eighth century bce. The iconography includes images of the “Parthian shot,” in which a mounted archer turns in the saddle to fire behind him. Although associated with the Parthians…
A Parthian Shot of Potential Arsacid Date
This paper publishes a ceramic bowl in the Metropolitan Museum of Art depicting a Parthian shot. Although it lacks archaeological provenance, the bowl can be dated to the 4th to 2nd centuries BCE, and probably comes from northwestern Iran. It is, therefore, one of the few possible instances of a Parthian shot from the Arsacid Empire
Kings, Countries, Peoples
Kings, Countries, Peoples: Selected Studies on the Achaemenid Empire. By Pierre Briant, translated by Amélie Kuhrt. Oriens et Occidens, vol. 26. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2017. Pp. xxv + 633. €99
Coins from Qasr-e Abu Nasr
The Cities of Persia
After his victory at Gaugamela in 331 BC Alexander captured the Achaemenid heartland in southwestern Iran, including the former imperial capitals of Susa and Persepolis. This region, comprising Elymais and Persis as they were known in the Hellenistic period, became politically marginalized as a result and subject variously to Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian rule. Elymais thrived under the Seleucids, Parthians, and local Elymaean dynasts, and Sus…
Sasanian and early Islamic copper-base metalworking at Qasr-e Abu Nasr, south-central Iran
A group of metal objects excavated at Qasr-e Abu Nasr in south-central Iran in the 1930s, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has been analyzed to examine metalworking techniques and metallurgical processes. Thirty-three objects were studied and analyzed by micro-X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and metallography techniques. The results of these analyses show a wide range …
The first Hyrcanian tiger? A unique figurine from Yarim Tepe, Iran
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