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In this paper, an attempt has been made to gather information about the Elamite cities and lands in the period when the Awan dynasty was known as the ruler of the Elamite world, and some suggestions have been made about the history,... more
زبان ایلامی باستان یکی از کهن ترین زبان های جهان است که از آن نبشته های بسیاری به جا مانده است. این زبان کهن برای دهه ها زبانی جدا از دیگر زبان های جهان دانسته شده که نژاد مردمانش نیز ناشناخته و ناایرانی انگاشته شده است. کتاب پیش رو نگاهی... more
The present MA thesis aims to estimate the expansion of the Old Elamite kingdom in one of its glorious periods. In about 2000 BC the UR III Empire had been destroyed by the allied groups with the Šimaškian Kingdom being one of them.... more
Historians consider the biblical account about Chedorlaomer's campaign against Sodom as a pious fiction (Genesis 14:1-20). However, the Gospels refer to it as a real story which is even described as essential to faith (Hebrews 6:20-7:2).... more
This paper presents the state of the art concerning the decipherment of the Linear Elamite writing.
I) The sign NIM, used with a topographic value, is first attested without any doubt through Eanatum inscriptions (KUR NIMki), who ruled Lagaš around the third quarter of the 3rd millennium BC. It is proposed to consider as unsuitable... more
SUMMARY This thesis shall identify the date origin of the composite bow within Mesopotamia and Elam. and both identify and quantify the design factors which lead to increased performance possible with composite construction. To accomplish... more
ABSTRACT: This lecture (no. 11.a) looks at four eastern regions of the Near East during the Late Bronze Age, namely (1) the Kingdom of Mittani/Maitani (also termed Nahrin, Naharin, the “Land of the Hurrians,” and Hanigalbat), (2) the... more
The perception of Persia in Judaean/Jewish texts from antiquity contributed to the construction of a Judaean/Jewish identity. Genesis 14 gives an example of this; in it, Abra(ha)m wages war with a coalition headed by King Chedorlaomer of... more
Recent scholarship has begun to unveil the culturally rich and dynamic landscape of southwest Iran during the first half of the first millennium BCE (aka the Neo-Elamite period) and its significance as the incubation ground for the... more
When Iraq was founded in the early twentieth century, Iran became a neighbor on its western border with a country that was considered the inheritor of the Mesopotamian civilizations. The civilizations that were the neighbors of the... more
წინამდებარე ნაშრომი წარმოადგენს ელამური ენის ლექსიკონს, სადაც შესულია თანამედროვე ზაგროსის მთიანეთის ტერიტორიაზე (დასავლეთ ირანი) ძვ.წ. III ათასწლეულიდან გავრცელებული ენის ძირითადი ლექსიკა. ელამური ენის მოკლე გრამატიკული აღწერის შემდეგ... more
"This book, emphasizing Genesis 14 and Psalm 110, contributes to the history of composition of the patriarchal narratives in the book of Genesis and to the history of theology of the Second Temple period. Genesis 14 was added on a late... more
The perception of Persia in Judaean/Jewish texts from antiquity contributed to the construction of a Judaean/Jewish identity. Genesis 14 gives an example of this; in it, Abra(ha)m wages war with a coalition headed by King Chedorlaomer of... more
In this paper, a summary of the existing knowledge about the political history and chronology and genealogy of the rulers of Elam from the oldest known historical period to the beginning of the Šimaški dynasty (around 2700 to 2100 BC) is... more
The Early Beginning of the Conflict between Good and Evil, and its First Impact on Art Άρθρο του Μουχάμαντ Σαμσαντίν (τότε Κοσμά) Μεγαλομμάτη στο περιοδικό Τρίτο Μάτι, 18 (Σεπτέμβριος 1992), σελ. 62-65 Article by Muhammad Shamsaddin... more
The Old Elamite documents are indeed rare, but from Susa in the Sukkalmah Period there are some 550 legal documents in Akkadian which provide an excellent opportunity to study Elamite society and culture. The present paper edits and... more
Trough this article we will try to look closely to the iconographyc program which the neoasirian soverign Sennacherib wanted to develop in its “Palace without Rival”. The many reliefs which Layard exposed, have shown not only a vivid... more
In the Early of 1st millennium BC, in the region of Lorestan, Iran, the Ellipi kingdom formed and played a significant role in regional developments, particularly in relation with two rival governments, Assyria and Elam. The political... more
In den Jahren 2010 und 2012 wurden während der Ausgrabungen in Haft Tappeh einige Metallgegenstände entdeckt, die es erlauben, Aussagen über die Herstellungsmethode des Griffes eines bestimmten Dolchtyps – den tüllenförmigen Dolchen mit... more
The rise of Elamite culture and its state formation on the southwestern Iran, beside historical resources, is an archaeologically problem due to the lower discovered evidences during recent years, which restricted them just to the known... more
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