Achaemenid history. 11, Studies in Persian history. Essays in memory of David M. Lewis/ edited Maria Brosius and Amélie Kuhrt

This volume contains thirteen studies on aspects of Achaemenid Persian History ranging from the Persian heartland to Asia Minor. The papers cover social, economic, political, linguistic, historiographical and artistic problems of Achaemenid History, in which David Lewis had a particular interest. "Ist ein alt, verfallen Schloss" : Johan Albrecht von Mandelslo in Pasargadai und Persepolis / Josef Wiesehöfer Bāji / Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg The Persepolis fortification tablets : another look / Gerassimos Aperghis The seasonal migration of Achaemenid kings : a report on old and new evidence / Christopher Tuplin The seals of Ašbazana (Aspathines) / Mark Garrison Inscribed in Egyptian / Matthew Stolper Judah and the jews / Hugh Williamson. (Cont.) The "Nominal conjugations" in Achaemenid Elamite / Elizabeth Tucker The LAN ritual in the Persepolis fortification texts / Morrison Handley-Schachler Droaphernès et la statue de Sardes / Pierre Briant Artemis Persike and Artemis Anaitis / Maria Brosius The chronology of the wars of Artaxerxes II in the Babylonian astronomical diaries / Robartus van der Spek Pyramidal stamp seals : the Persepolis connection / Margaret Cool Root.