Early Sassanian Inscriptions, Seals and CoinsTrübner, 1868 - 137 pages |
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... head - line of the writing , and the down - stroke proceeded more abruptly , finishing with a minute and nearly uniform curve to the left ; under this heading may be classed the simple forms and † , and the combined outlines , n ...
... head - line of the writing , and the down - stroke proceeded more abruptly , finishing with a minute and nearly uniform curve to the left ; under this heading may be classed the simple forms and † , and the combined outlines , n ...
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... head seems uncovered , but closely bound with the conventional diadem , with its broad pendant fillets , while the head itself is encircled with rays of glory , after the Western idea of a nimbus . † The association of Sapor in the ...
... head seems uncovered , but closely bound with the conventional diadem , with its broad pendant fillets , while the head itself is encircled with rays of glory , after the Western idea of a nimbus . † The association of Sapor in the ...
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... head - piece is encircled with a diadem , from which depend the Dynastic flowing fillets , and the helmet is completed for defensive purposes by cheek - plates and a sloping back - plate . The beard seems to have been in- jured if we ...
... head - piece is encircled with a diadem , from which depend the Dynastic flowing fillets , and the helmet is completed for defensive purposes by cheek - plates and a sloping back - plate . The beard seems to have been in- jured if we ...
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... Head of the Executive . " 2 ارمني هریت ( 2 ) The second lapidary sub - section opens with the words The Hirbad ( 7 ) , Fire - Priest of the Scythian Namri , 3 a nomad tribe of ancient celebrity , possibly . by this time permanently ...
... Head of the Executive . " 2 ارمني هریت ( 2 ) The second lapidary sub - section opens with the words The Hirbad ( 7 ) , Fire - Priest of the Scythian Namri , 3 a nomad tribe of ancient celebrity , possibly . by this time permanently ...
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... head is covered with a lion's skin , after the classical precedent on the coins of Alexander the Great , this is again surmounted by flames of fire ( ? ) , at the back of which float the broad Sassanian fillets . Legend : مزدیسن بگي او ...
... head is covered with a lion's skin , after the classical precedent on the coins of Alexander the Great , this is again surmounted by flames of fire ( ? ) , at the back of which float the broad Sassanian fillets . Legend : مزدیسن بگي او ...
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alphabet ancient Arabic Ardeshír Armenian Aryan Assyrian Atropatene Bactrian BALLADS bas-relief Bengal British Museum Buddhist Cambridge Canterbury Tales Ceylon Civil Chaldæo-Pehlvi Chaucer Chinese cloth coins College Commentary copy Crown 8vo Cuneiform Demy 8vo Dialect DICTIONARY divine Early English engraved Essay F. J. FURNIVALL FITZEDWARD HALL Flandin Glossary GRAMMAR Greek Haug Hebrew Hensleigh Wedgwood Illustrations Index India inscription Introduction Journal Asiatique Ker Porter king LANGUAGE late Legend letters LL.D London Lord Maps MARTIN HAUG modern Narses Notes OBVERSE Oriental original Pali Parthian Pehlvi Persian Ph.D plates Poems Prof Rawlinson REVERSE Royal Asiatic Society Sapor Sassanian sculptures seal Second Edition Series sewed Sir H SKEAT Tale Text THEODOR GOLDSTÜCKER Translation unique Varahrán Veda viii Vocabulary Vologeses W. W. SKEAT word writing Zend Zoroastrian καὶ מלכא او بري زني زي شهپوهري لوس مزدیسن بگي ملكان ملكا منو يزدان
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