Dear members, I'm looking for a reference concerning the Oborzus coinage. In an article published by A.D.H. Bivar, in "Iranica Antiqua" 40 (2005), the author...
Panos, I think you are looking for M. Alram’s article in Litterae Numismaticae Vindobonensis 3 (1987), pp. 145-155. However, I would be very careful using ...
I would like to express my deepest sympathy towards all of our UK members and especially those in London on this sad day. Take care. Oliver D. Hoover ...
The following article is now available at http://www.sfagn.com/miscellanea/michael_burgess.html in HTML format: Michael Burgess: The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress -...
A very interesting and wellwritten article! I have one question, though. Why should we expect to find a similar coin of Kleopatra Selene and Seleucus VII? (I...
Bactrian questions are generally hard to reply to, but here is one I have been wondering about for a while: Plato Epiphanes was a Bactrian king of whom we know...
For further discussion of the status of Seleucus Cybiosactes, please see now my recent article, "Dethroning Seleucus VII Philometor (Cybiosactes): Epigraphical...
Dear Oliver, Is there any way of getting a copy of your article, besides locating the referenced journal? Thanks. Best regards, Marcin "Oliver D. Hoover"...
Normally, a Greek date would be additive; 147 = Rho (100) + Mu (40) + Zeta (7). So, [P]MZ as 147 is correct. Cheers, Chris Hopkins www.parthia.com ... From:...
Dear colleagues, A small piece of a cuneiform tablet, found by Irving Finkel in the British Museum, concerning Demetrius (I 162/1-150 BC) and Arabia has been...
Dear Bert, Thanks for another tantalizing new addition. However, I would point out that in your introductory text you probably mean Demetrius I Soter. I am ...
For interpretations involving Demetrius I or II, why would anything "of Seleucus" be established? I suppose that under Demetrius II one could make the...
Dear Group I believe we all agree the protagonist of this fragment is either Demetrios I Soter or his son Demetrios II Nikator. The latter during his Parthian...
Dear Oliver, On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:43:45 -0400 ... The word GAR-at = shaknat = the 3rd person feminin of the stativus of the verb shakanu = to place, to set...
Dear Group, ... Yes, but that is an error. It was not month Ab (= month V), but month Tishri or Tashritu (= month VII) = 28 sept. - 26 October 161 BC. There...
For those interested, some further bibliography has been added recently to www.seleukids.org <http://www.seleukids.org/> . As usual, if anyone has further...
I am sporadically looking into the evolution of the Macedonian calendar, including its assimilation into the Babylonian calendar. We had some discussion about...
Dear Chris, I have made some comments. the better person to answer you is Tom Boiy. But this may be of some help. 1) We now have an Astronomical diary (AD)...
Dear Bert -- Many thanks for the comments, and particularly for the pointer to Tom Boiy's very useful colloquium paper. (Which, unfortunately, I can only see...
Dear Chris, ... I have the same problem. Fortunately I have the entire text, but not digital, only on paper. Perhaps you can ask Tom yourself. It appears ... ...
Forwarded on behalf of Tom Boiy for reasons explained in his opening paragraph -- Chris ... From: Tom Boiy To: Chris Bennett Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005...
... From: R.J. van der Spek RJS: Philip died, if we interpret the eclips list correctly (the information is in the gap!), on 27 IX = Kislimu = Audnaios year 7...
Dear all, a few additions (taken from Tom's printed Paris article) to Tom's note from Chicago. ... It is CT 49, 34, dated to 4.IX.3 Antigonus = 12.12.315 BC ...
Dear Chris, Let me put it differently: Alexander died on 11 June 323. A few days later Philip was recognized king. Philip died 27 Dec. 317, that is, in Julian...
Dear Chris, ... Yes, I myself once suggested to read GAN MU 7 Pi-il-l[i .. = Kislimu, year 7 of Philip. (GAN=Kislimu; MU = shattu = year) MU 7 instead of ina...
Dear Group, I would just like to take this opportunity to welcome you all to a NEW and exciting group that discusses everything concerned with German history:...
Jim, I would suggest that these types were permitted because they were produced a decade or more after the death of Cleopatra VII and seven or more years after...
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