Sasanian Jewry and Its Culture: A Lexicon of Jewish and Related Seals

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Author: Daniel M. Friedenberg

ISBN-10: 0252033671

ISBN-13: 9780252033674

Category: Ancient & Byzantine Coins

From 226 C.E. to 640 C.E., the Sasanian Empire occupied the territories now divided between Iran and Iraq and for brief periods between Syria and Armenia. One of the most significant material remnants of the large communities of Jews living within the empire are seals, almost all of which are signets whose styles, inscriptions, and sites of discovery provide important clues about the size and status of Jewish populations throughout the empire. Seals show how Jews within the empire adopted or...

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An impressive collection of Jewish signet rings and seals from the Sasanian Empire