Carlo G Cereti
Biographic Data
| ID | 2568429 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carlo G Cereti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carlo G |
| FAMILY NAME | Cereti |
| SIGNATURE | CERETI C G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sapienza University of Rome |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8442-9554 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Armenia and Iran
This paper focuses on the worship of Anāhitā in Western Asia examining some of the ideas put forward by James R. Russel in his volume on Zoroastrianism in Armenia in the light of more recent discussions about the role played by the goddess in Armenian religion before the conversion of the country to Christianity. While the evidence from more ancient periods has also been briefly presented, specific attention is given to Anāhīd’s worship in the Sa…
Ray and Pahlaw in the Context of Sasanian Iran
Ray—located near present-day Tehran—is among the most important historical areas in Iran and the plains to the south of Tehran have always been densely inhabited and intensely cultivated thanks to the waters coming from Mount Tochal and the Alborz Mountains. Historical records and archeological data for the early history of the city in the Median, Achæmenid, Seleucid, and even Parthian periods are not exhaustive. In the present study, an attempt …
Introduction
to celebrate the opening of the Mediterranean regional branch of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) based at the Research Centre for Cooperation with Eurasia, the Mediterranean, and Sub-Saharan Africa (CEMAS) at the Sapienza University of Rome and the beginning of a new series of seminars entitled "Parlane con Sapienza, Uno Sguardo Oltre," dedicated to the societies and history of the Middle East and North Africa. These …
The Purpose and Practice of Divorce in Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Texts
Many scholarly works aim to identify and explain the continued survival of pre-Islamic social phenomena and institutions deep into the Islamic age. To understand the historical roots of Iranian social issues more profoundly and accurately, it seems necessary to examine the social structure and institutions of the Sasanian era. Such a study enables us to trace their subsequent development and identify the ways in which they transformed. This paper…
Narseh, Armenia, and the Paikuli Inscription
Narseh son of Šābuhr I reigned from 293 to 302, once he had won the dynastic war that saw him opposing his grand-nephew, Wahrām III, he narrated the events in the great Paikuli inscription, which also contains the names of a long list of nobles and magnates, who paid obeisance to the new king. In Šābuhr’s inscription at Naqš-i Rustam Narseh bore the title of « King of Hindestān, Sagestān and Tūrān up to the seashore,” while later, likely under ei…
Are the Provincial Capitals of Ērānšahr Really Provincial Capitals
Šahrestānhas often been translated “provincial capital”, especially in works dealing with the history of Sasanian Iran. Through a painstaking analysis of Middle Persian occurrences of this word the author shows that it should be translated “city” or “fortified city”
From Middle to New Persian
The linguistic situation in Iran at the beginning of the Islamic era is described in a famous passage going back to Ibnal-Muqaffaʿ that has been discussed at length by scholars. Here new evidence based on Middle Persian inscriptions from the northern regionsof historical Iranareintroduced.These texts show that literacy was comparatively widespread in Late Sasanian and Early Islamic Iran, opening the way for a new understanding of linguistic devel…
Largest Ancient Fortress of South-West Asia and the Western World? Recent Fieldwork at Sasanian Qaleh Iraj at Pishva, Iran
Protected by a massive wall, but devoid of permanent buildings in its vast c. 175 ha interior, the rectangular compound of Qaleh Iraj near Tehran must be a military base – and as such, it is arguably the largest fortress in the ancient world to the west of modern Afghanistan. Investigations carried out previously have been based on surface finds and architecture and there had been no agreement on the date and purpose of this monument. Excavation,…
Pahlavi
This chapter offers an overview of Pahlavi literature. It surveys a wide variety of genres and texts, which were composed in the form that has reached us mainly in the ninth and tenth century, though some of the works and many of the themes date back to the Sasanian period and even earlier. Much of this literature was composed by Zoroastrians in Iran, and the chapter looks at the Zoroastrian contexts of literary production. Important texts such a…
Some Passages on Turkic Peoples in Zoroastrian Pahlavi Literature
Following on similar contributions focusing on geographical chapters and subjects in Pahlavi literature, in this article the author briefly presents the main evidence on the presence of Turkic people and on place names relative to the vast area of Turkestân, as found in Middle Persian Zoroastrian texts
On the Pahlavi Cursive Script and the Sasanian Avesta
The compilation of the Avesta in the Avestan alphabet has been assigned to different periods of the Sasnnian rule, or even to the early Islamic period; Here, the author rediscusses the evidence provided by Pahlavi books and other sources, which in great majority point toward the existence of a Sasanian Avesta. In the second part of the article, he aims at demonstrating that the cursive variant of the Pahlavi alphabet was already in use by the ver…
The Sealings from Kafir Kala
1 This paper was fi rst read at the 5 th International Conference of Iranian Studies, organized by the Societas Iranologica Europaea at the Faculty of Cultural Heritage in the Ravenna branch of the University of Bologna, on 07.10.03. 2 Cf. Grenet, de la Vaissière 2002, 188. 3 The same hypothesis of Shishkina (Shishkina 1961, 192-222; Shishkina 1969, 31) was later SEALINGS FROM KAFIR KALA: PRELIMINARY REPORT 1 SARA CAZZOLI AND CARLO G. CERETI The …
Iranica Diversa
The Sealings from Kafir Kala
1 This paper was fi rst read at the 5 th International Conference of Iranian Studies, organized by the Societas Iranologica Europaea at the Faculty of Cultural Heritage in the Ravenna branch of the University of Bologna, on 07.10.03. 2 Cf. Grenet, de la Vaissière 2002, 188. 3 The same hypothesis of Shishkina (Shishkina 1961, 192-222; Shishkina 1969, 31) was later SEALINGS FROM KAFIR KALA: PRELIMINARY REPORT 1 SARA CAZZOLI AND CARLO G. CERETI The …
Largest Ancient Fortress of South-West Asia and the Western World? Recent Fieldwork at Sasanian Qaleh Iraj at Pishva, Iran
Protected by a massive wall, but devoid of permanent buildings in its vast c. 175 ha interior, the rectangular compound of Qaleh Iraj near Tehran must be a military base – and as such, it is arguably the largest fortress in the ancient world to the west of modern Afghanistan. Investigations carried out previously have been based on surface finds and architecture and there had been no agreement on the date and purpose of this monument. Excavation,…
Some Passages on Turkic Peoples in Zoroastrian Pahlavi Literature
Following on similar contributions focusing on geographical chapters and subjects in Pahlavi literature, in this article the author briefly presents the main evidence on the presence of Turkic people and on place names relative to the vast area of Turkestân, as found in Middle Persian Zoroastrian texts
Iranica Diversa
The Sealings from Kafir Kala
1 This paper was fi rst read at the 5 th International Conference of Iranian Studies, organized by the Societas Iranologica Europaea at the Faculty of Cultural Heritage in the Ravenna branch of the University of Bologna, on 07.10.03. 2 Cf. Grenet, de la Vaissière 2002, 188. 3 The same hypothesis of Shishkina (Shishkina 1961, 192-222; Shishkina 1969, 31) was later SEALINGS FROM KAFIR KALA: PRELIMINARY REPORT 1 SARA CAZZOLI AND CARLO G. CERETI The …
On the Pahlavi Cursive Script and the Sasanian Avesta
The compilation of the Avesta in the Avestan alphabet has been assigned to different periods of the Sasnnian rule, or even to the early Islamic period; Here, the author rediscusses the evidence provided by Pahlavi books and other sources, which in great majority point toward the existence of a Sasanian Avesta. In the second part of the article, he aims at demonstrating that the cursive variant of the Pahlavi alphabet was already in use by the ver…
Some Passages on Turkic Peoples in Zoroastrian Pahlavi Literature
Following on similar contributions focusing on geographical chapters and subjects in Pahlavi literature, in this article the author briefly presents the main evidence on the presence of Turkic people and on place names relative to the vast area of Turkestân, as found in Middle Persian Zoroastrian texts
Pahlavi
This chapter offers an overview of Pahlavi literature. It surveys a wide variety of genres and texts, which were composed in the form that has reached us mainly in the ninth and tenth century, though some of the works and many of the themes date back to the Sasanian period and even earlier. Much of this literature was composed by Zoroastrians in Iran, and the chapter looks at the Zoroastrian contexts of literary production. Important texts such a…
From Middle to New Persian
The linguistic situation in Iran at the beginning of the Islamic era is described in a famous passage going back to Ibnal-Muqaffaʿ that has been discussed at length by scholars. Here new evidence based on Middle Persian inscriptions from the northern regionsof historical Iranareintroduced.These texts show that literacy was comparatively widespread in Late Sasanian and Early Islamic Iran, opening the way for a new understanding of linguistic devel…
Largest Ancient Fortress of South-West Asia and the Western World? Recent Fieldwork at Sasanian Qaleh Iraj at Pishva, Iran
Protected by a massive wall, but devoid of permanent buildings in its vast c. 175 ha interior, the rectangular compound of Qaleh Iraj near Tehran must be a military base – and as such, it is arguably the largest fortress in the ancient world to the west of modern Afghanistan. Investigations carried out previously have been based on surface finds and architecture and there had been no agreement on the date and purpose of this monument. Excavation,…
Are the Provincial Capitals of Ērānšahr Really Provincial Capitals
Šahrestānhas often been translated “provincial capital”, especially in works dealing with the history of Sasanian Iran. Through a painstaking analysis of Middle Persian occurrences of this word the author shows that it should be translated “city” or “fortified city”
Narseh, Armenia, and the Paikuli Inscription
Narseh son of Šābuhr I reigned from 293 to 302, once he had won the dynastic war that saw him opposing his grand-nephew, Wahrām III, he narrated the events in the great Paikuli inscription, which also contains the names of a long list of nobles and magnates, who paid obeisance to the new king. In Šābuhr’s inscription at Naqš-i Rustam Narseh bore the title of « King of Hindestān, Sagestān and Tūrān up to the seashore,” while later, likely under ei…
Ray and Pahlaw in the Context of Sasanian Iran
Ray—located near present-day Tehran—is among the most important historical areas in Iran and the plains to the south of Tehran have always been densely inhabited and intensely cultivated thanks to the waters coming from Mount Tochal and the Alborz Mountains. Historical records and archeological data for the early history of the city in the Median, Achæmenid, Seleucid, and even Parthian periods are not exhaustive. In the present study, an attempt …
Introduction
to celebrate the opening of the Mediterranean regional branch of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) based at the Research Centre for Cooperation with Eurasia, the Mediterranean, and Sub-Saharan Africa (CEMAS) at the Sapienza University of Rome and the beginning of a new series of seminars entitled "Parlane con Sapienza, Uno Sguardo Oltre," dedicated to the societies and history of the Middle East and North Africa. These …
The Purpose and Practice of Divorce in Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Texts
Many scholarly works aim to identify and explain the continued survival of pre-Islamic social phenomena and institutions deep into the Islamic age. To understand the historical roots of Iranian social issues more profoundly and accurately, it seems necessary to examine the social structure and institutions of the Sasanian era. Such a study enables us to trace their subsequent development and identify the ways in which they transformed. This paper…
Armenia and Iran
This paper focuses on the worship of Anāhitā in Western Asia examining some of the ideas put forward by James R. Russel in his volume on Zoroastrianism in Armenia in the light of more recent discussions about the role played by the goddess in Armenian religion before the conversion of the country to Christianity. While the evidence from more ancient periods has also been briefly presented, specific attention is given to Anāhīd’s worship in the Sa…
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