Bibliographia Iranica

A predominantly bibliographic blog for Iranian Studies

Category: Journal

  • Ancient West & East 24

    The new volume of Ancient West & East (2025) is out and contains several relevant studies pertaining to ancient Iran:

    • Julian DEGEN: Argead Macedonia in the Western Borderland of the Achaemenid Empire
    • Roberto DAN: The Hişet Fortress in (V)ostan/Gevaş An Urartian, Orontid, Arsacid and Mediaeval Site on the Southern Shore of Lake Van
    • Arvin MAGHSOUDLOU: A Palace Built into a Mountain Exploring the Modes of Audience Interaction and Reception at the Great Ayvan of Taq-e Bustan in Late Antiquity
  • Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan (AMIT): Vol. 50

    Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan (AMIT): Vol. 50

    Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan (AMIT): Vol. 50, 2018 [2026], ed. by German Archaeological Institute (DAI), Tehran Branch of the Eurasia Department, is now pubished.

    Table of Contents:

    • Articles:
    • Morteza Zamani Dadaneh, Sirvan Mohammadi Ghasrian and Steve Renette: Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic Settlements on the Marivan Plain of western Iran
    • Elena Rova, Davit Kvavadze, Flavia Amato, Elisabetta Boaretto, Giovanni Boschian, Giovanni Siracusano and Laura Tonetto: Tsiteli Gorebi 5, a New Early Chalcolithic Site in Eastern Georgia, Results of the 2018-2019 Excavations by the “Georgian-Italian Lagodekhi Archaeological Project”
    • Behzad Hoseyni Sarbisheh: A brief report of the rescue excavation at Kuy-e Keyvan Tepe in the Azna Plain, Lorestan, Iran
    • Rouhollah Shirazi, Zahra Jalali and Siamak Sarlak : Roudān’s Cultural interactions with neighboring regions in the Bronze Age based on excavations at Tom-e Māroun
    • Enrico Ascalone: The Bronze Age Oxus-Jiroft-Elam Integrated Cultural System
    • Steffen Kraus, Ahmadzhon Sh. Ahmedshaev, Hamza A. Saipov and Nikolaus Boroffka: On the Use of Uzbek Copper Ores in the Prehistory of Central Asia
    • Mehrdad Ghodrat-Dizaji: The Collapse of Sasanian Central and Provincial Authority (AD 623-633): Literary and Numismatic Evidence
    • Ara Avagyan, Tim Kinnaird, Achim Lichtenberger, Lilit Sahakyan, Torben Schreiber and Mkrtich H. Zardaryan: Evidence of a historical earthquake in Artaxata-Artashat in the Ararat Basin of Armenia
    • Hans-Ulrich Seidt und Paul Bucherer-Dietschi: Die Buddhas von Bamiyan: Erkenntnisse und Erfahrungen. Der Nachlass von Edmund Melzl (1937-2015) in der Stiftung BIBLIOTHECA AFGHANICA.
    • Nachruf / Obituary
    • In Memoriam Wolfram Kleiss (Stephan Kroll)
    • In Erinnerung an Michaeil N. Fedorov (Alexander M. Kamishev)
    • Buchbesprechungen / Reviews
    • Arzhantseva Khorezm (Nikolaus Boroffka)
    • Zwei neue Grundlagen-Publikationen zur Archaologie Afghanistans (Nikolaus Boroffka)

  • East and West (vol. 65)

    East and West (vol. 65)

    The latest volume of East and West contains several interesting articles, some of which deal with aspects of (ancient) Iran.

    • F. Grenet, F. Ory, A Preliminary Note on a Painting from Kuh-e Khwāja in the New Delhi National Museum
    • E. Matin, Reaching the Persian Gulf from the Kur River Basin: Patterns of an Intermittent Connectivity
    • S. Belelli, Contact Change and Dialect Convergence in the Kurdish of Khanaqin
    • E. Morano, E. Shavarebi, Irano-Semitica minora: 1. Gaza, 2. wādī
    • M. Labbaf-Khaniki, The Last Image of the Last King: A Sasanian Scene from the Bāzeh Hūr Fire Temple
  • Studia Iranica (53/1)

    Studia Iranica (53/1)

    The first issue of Studia Iranica 53 is out. Here is the table of contents:

    • BELELLI, Sara: Laki Nominal Morphology in Historical and Comparative Perspective
    • BORJIAN, Habib: Southern Kurdish in the Anti-Alborz: A Case of Language Isolation
    • PREUD’HOMME, Nicolas: The Fall of Safavid Power According to an Anonymous Manuscript from Post-Revolutionary France
  • Parthica (vol. 27)

    Parthica (vol. 27)

    Volume 27 of the journal Parthica (2025) contains several contributions of relevance to Iranian Studies and beyond:

    • R. DAN: An Urartian or Orontid foundation? A reassessment of the archaeological data related to the establishment of the fortified complex at Yervandashat, Armenia
    • D. ANDREUCCI: Automated segmentation of historical archaeological photographs: A CNN-based approach applied to the Tachara palace of Persepolis
    • G. LINDSTRÖM: The Denavar Vase: Parthian patronage, Greek aesthetics, and Roman luxury
    • K. ABDULLAEV: The image of spring from Bactria. Stone statuette of a female figure from the Termez Archaeological Museum
    • S. MIGLIOLI: Polybius’ Parthia: Environment and imagery in the earliest Roman-Era account of an expedition into the Iranian world
    • F. SOLAT: Nibušt: A Parthian toponym in the Škz inscription and its identification with Naqš-e Rostam
    • L.M. OLIVIERI – S. BAUMS – O. COLORU: Senavarma and the century of the Odirajas (1st cent. CE). Archaeological, Epigraphical, and Historical Notes

  • Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia (vol. 31)

    The volume 31 of the journal Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia contains several contributions that engage directly with an Iranian context.

  • Ancient Jewish Memories of Achaemenid Persia

    Joachimsen, Kristin & Jason S. Mokhtarian (eds.). 2025. Ancient Jewish Memories of Achaemenid Persia (The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 25).

    Several contributions in the special issue of The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, titled Ancient Jewish Memories of Achaemenid Persia, engage directly with the Persian context. The volume is available in open access.

  • Iran and the Caucasus 30 (1)

    Iran and the Caucasus 30 (1)

    Volume 30, issue 1, of Iran and the Caucasus has now been published.

    As always, we are grateful to the staff at Yale Classics Library (@yaleclassicslib.bsky.social) for sharing this publication information with us.

  • Anabasis, vols. 14-15

    Anabasis, vols. 14-15

    Volumes 14-15 (2023-2024) of Anabasis. Studia Classica et Orientalia, edited by Marek Jan Olbrycht, is out now. Several papers and reviews of the issue relate to ancient Iran:

    • Michał Podrazik: Cyrus the Younger in Syria and Mesopotamia, Abrokomas, and the Great King’s Defensive Strategy (401 BC)
    • Heckel: Alexander and the Amazon Queen
    • Harry Falk: Zariaspa and the “Kunduz” Hoards
    • Karlheinz Kessler: More about Nwt/Nōd and Adiabene
    • Andreas Luther: Artabanos und die Meder
    • Marek Jan Olbrycht: Parthian Weapons and Military Equipment: Some Remarks
    • Review Articles / Reviews:
    • Marek Jan Olbrycht: Recent Perspectives on Parthian History: Research Approaches and Methodological Concerns
    • Jeffrey D. Lerner: Seleucid History: New Perspectives and Current Challenges
    • Sabine Müller: [Review of] Marek Jan Olbrycht, Early Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250-165 B.C.) At the Crossroads of Iranian, Hellenistic, and Central Asian History, Leiden / Boston: Brill 2021 (Mnemosyne Supplements 440)
    • Lang Xu: [Review of] Juping Yang (ed.), Ancient Civilizations and the Silk Road, Beijing: China Social Science Press, 2021

  • Near Eastern Archaeology (vol. 88)

    In two issues of volume 88 of Near Eastern Archaeology, several articles address topics in Iranian archaeology. The following list compiles all Iran-related contributions: