The Achaemenids, the Black Sea and Beyond: New Evidence and Studies: A Volume Dedicated to the Memory of Prof. Alexandru Avram: Volume 40 (Colloquia Antiqua)

"The Achaemenids, the Black Sea and Beyond', a short and well-illustrated volume, presents some of the papers due to have been presented at a small conference in Constanta in 2020 that became victim to the public policy response to Covid. It is dedicated to Alexandru Avram, one of the intended participants, who died before submitting his paper. The remaining nine papers, with a balance towards the northern and southern Black Sea, are supplemented by an introduction from the editor in the form of a cut and reworked paper of 2019 (the full version appeared in 'Ancient West and East'); he too died before he could complete his proper introduction. Two deaths have given life to this volume. It may appear a little uneven in its coverage of the Black Sea's four shores, but it is a child of circumstance. The abstracts of some, but not all, of those who did not submit papers are included as an appendix."--Back cover Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 PREFACE 8 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 12 THE ACHAEMENID IMPACT ON THE GREEK CITIESAND LOCAL PEOPLES OF THE NORTHERN PONTUS 18 THE FIRST DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLES FROM THE SACRED AREA IN HISTRIA. LATE ARCHAIC OR EARLY CLASSICAL? 46 XERXES AND PONTUS (AN OLD PERSIAN INSCRIPTION FROM PHANAGORIA) 76 A FRAGMENT OF A MARBLE SLAB WITH PART OF A CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTION(?) FROM THEODOSIA 102 XENOPHANTOS, THE SPARTOCIDS AND THE ACHAEMENID-PERSIAN REACH* 106 ACHAEMENID ELEMENTS IN THE ELITE CULTURE OF THE CIMMERIAN BOSPORUS 116 GOLD APPLIQUÉS IN THE ACHAEMENID STYLE FROM THE BAKSY KURGAN IN THE EASTERN CRIMEA 134 ACHAEMENIDS AND THE SOUTHERN BLACK SEA 158 LOCAL IDENTITIES UNDER THE ACHAEMENIDS: TWO EXAMPLES FROM LYCIA AND PHRYGIA 172 EARLY ZOROASTRIAN RELIGION OF ANATOLIA: THE FIRST SHRINE IN THE IRON AGE, THE HALL OF WORSHIP AND ATASHKADEH OF OLUZ HÖYÜK* 190 THE DATE OF SOME ACHAEMENID ROYAL INSCRIPTIONS AND THE QUESTION OF THE GREEKS ‘BEYOND THE SEA’ 214 BEFORE AND AFTER DARIUS’ CROSSING OF THE ISTROS RIVER 215 A FRAGMENT OF THE OLD PERSIAN INSCRIPTION FROM PHANAGOREIA: SOME FURTHER EPIGRAPHICAL COMMENTS 216 WAS THE BLACK SEA EVER A 217 OF THE ACHAEMENID EMPIRE? THE NUMISMATIC EVIDENCE REVISITED 217 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 218 INDEX 220