Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis

Biographic Data

ID5642238
NAMEVesta Sarkhosh Curtis
GIVEN NAMESVesta Sarkhosh
FAMILY NAMECurtis
SIGNATURECURTIS V S
AFFILIATIONSBritish Academy
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS25
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT21
EDITOR COUNT4
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1988
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Sovereignty and the Parthian and Sasanian Kings

    Vesta Sarkhosh CurtisCHAPTERSovereignty in Iran2026

  • Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum, Mithradates II

    Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Alexandra Magub et al.BOOKMithradates II2020

    The second volume of “Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum” examines the history and culture of the reign of Mithradates II (c. 122/1¬‒91 BC), who consolidated and expanded the Parthian state. In addition to his coinage, the present volume draws on other primary sources, such as cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia, in order to illuminate an otherwise poorly known and documented period of ancient Iranian history. This publication by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, …

  • Excavations at the Darband-I Rania Pass, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

    Open AccessJohn Macginnis, Kamal Rasheed Raheem et al.ARTICLEIraq2020

    This paper presents the results of the work of the new field initiative launched by the British Museum at the Darband-i Rania pass in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The pass is located at the northeastern corner of Lake Dokan, where, though now subsumed into the lake, the Lower Zab flows from the Peshdar into the Rania Plain. It is a strategic location on a major route from Mesopotamia into Iran, and control of both the road and the river must alw…

  • Professor David B. Stronach, OBE 1931–2020

    Michael Roaf, Vesta Sarkhosh CurtisARTICLEIran2020

    David Stronach, eminent archaeologist and founding Director of the British Institute of Persian Studies, passed away peacefully at his home in San Francisco on 27 June 2020. He was surrounded by hi

  • Professor Paul Luft

    Vesta Sarkhosh CurtisARTICLEIran2017

    The first time I met Paul Luft was in Tehran at the German Archaeological Institute, where I had a meeting with Professor Wolfram Kleiss, the Director and excavator of the Urartian site of Bastam

  • The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires

    Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, ELIZABETH J PENDLETON et al.BOOKThe Parthian and Early Sasanian…2016

  • Ancient Iranian Motifs and Zoroastrian Iconography

    Vesta Sarkhosh CurtisCHAPTERThe Zoroastrian Flame2016

  • Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum, Vologases I. - Pacorus II

    Fabrizio Sinisi, Michael Alram et al.BOOKSylloge nummorum Parthicorum2012Cited by: 1

    Mit der vorliegenden Publikation ist der erste von neun Bänden der Reihe Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum erschienen. Band VII behandelt die Herrschaft der arsakidischen Könige von Vologases I. bis Pacorus II. (51 bis ca. 110. n.Chr.). Arsakidische MÃ1⁄4nzen stellen die wichtigste Primärquelle fÃ1⁄4r die Geschichte Irans vom 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. bis zum Ende der parthischen Herrschaft 224 n. Chr. dar. Sie geben nicht nur Auskunft Ã1⁄4ber die Herrsc…

  • Report of the Council

    Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah Stewart et al.ARTICLEIran2011

  • The Frataraka Coins of Persis

    Vesta Sarkhosh CurtisCHAPTERThe World of Achaemenid Persia2010

  • Report of the Council

    Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah Stewart et al.ARTICLEIran2010

  • Report of the Council

    Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Robin ConinghamARTICLEIran2009

  • The Sasanian Era

    Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah StewartBOOKThe Sasanian Era2008

    This latest volume in “The Idea of Iran” series concentrates on the Sasanian period. Seizing power from the previous dynasty - the Parthians - the Sasanians ruled Iran and most of the ancient Near East from 224 until 642 CE. They are particularly fascinating because of their adherence to Zoroastrianism, an ancient dualistic Iranian religion named after the prophet Zarathustra (or, in Greek, Zoroaster). The Sasanians expressed the divine aspect of…

  • Report of the Council

    Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Robin ConinghamARTICLEIran2008

  • Report of the Council

    Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Robin ConinghamARTICLEIran2007

    Report of the Council: Presented at the Annual General Meeting 28 November 2006." Iran, 45(1), pp. iii–iv

  • The Age of the Parthians

    Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah StewartBOOKThe Age of the Parthians2007Cited by: 2

    The Parthians are a fascinating but little-known ancient civilization. In the mid-third century bce a bold and ambitious leader called Arshak challenged Hellenic rule and led his armies to victory. The dynasty which he founded ruled over what became a mighty empire and restored the glory of Iran following the region’s conquest by Alexander the Great. This imperial eastern superpower, which lasted for 400 years and stretched from the Hindu Kush to…

  • Birth of the Persian Empire

    Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah StewartBOOKBirth of the Persian Empire2005

    Of the great ancient civilizations, that of Persia is the least known and the most enigmatic. This book explores the formation of the first Persian Empire under the Achaemenid Persians. It brings together a multi-disciplinary view of ancient Iran in the first millennium BC and concentrates on the art, archaeology, history and religion of a geographical area far beyond the present borders of modern Iran in the period beginning just before the form…

  • Ancient Near East

    Dominique Collon, Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis et al.CHAPTER2003

  • Bisitun

    Vesta Sarkhosh CurtisCHAPTER2003

  • Elymais

    Vesta Sarkhosh CurtisCHAPTER2003

  • Parthian Belts and Belt Plaques

    Vesta Sarkhosh CurtisARTICLEIranica Antiqua2001

  • Archaeological News from Iran

    Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, John SimpsonARTICLEIran1998

  • Archaeological News from Iran

    Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, John SimpsonARTICLEIran1997Cited by: 1

  • A Parthian Statuette from Susa and the Bronze Statue from Shami

    Vesta Sarkhosh CurtisARTICLEIran1993References: 2

    L'art parthe montre de nombreuses figures masculines portant tunique et pantalons. Le fait de porter des pantalons est significatif de l'art de cette periode. Il se retouve dans toutes les figurations quel que soit le support : marbre ou bronze comme le montre cet article

  • Report on a Recent Visit to Iran

    Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Vesta CurtisARTICLEIran1988