The Sasanian Šahrab of Balkh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12193829 |
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| Authors | Alexander B Nikitin (0000-0003-4431-1209, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 365-368 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0929-077X • E-ISSN: 1570-0577 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/157005794x00246 |
| OpenAlex | W2023414027 |
| Language | EN |
One group of fragmentary clay seals of the Kushano-Sasanian period found in 1976 at Djigadépé near Balkh in N. Afghanistan bears the portrait of a Sasanian official and a unique double inscription in Bactrian and Middle Persian scripts. Combination of the various fragments allows a full reading of the inscription and the identification of the owner as a high official-šahrab-of modern Balkh. The seal is tentatively dated to the 4th c. A.D., but too few seals of this period are known to make this certain
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Biology · Botany · Identification (biology · Literature · Period (music · Persian · Portrait · Seal (emblem · Theology · Byzantine Studies and History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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