Aršāma and his World: The Bodleian Letters in Context, Volume II: Bullae and Seals

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by  Christopher J. Tuplin, John Ma

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Aršāma and his World
The Bodleian Letters in Context
EDITED BY
CHRISTOPHER J. TUPLIN AND JOHN MA
VOLUME II
BULLAE AND SEALS
M. B. GARRISON, W. F. M. HENKELMAN, D. KAPTAN
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Contents
List of Illustrations and Plates vii
List of Charts and Tables xv
Abbreviations and Conventions xvii
List of Contributors xxi
1. Catalogue of Bullae 1
Mark B. Garrison and Deniz Kaptan
2. The Seal of Prince Aršāma: From Persepolis to Oxford 46
Mark B. Garrison and Wouter F. M. Henkelman
Appendix: Elamite Texts Concerning Aršāma 1 141
Wouter F. M. Henkelman
3. The Stamp Seal 167
Mark B. Garrison and Deniz Kaptan
4. Anatolian Connections 172
Deniz Kaptan
5. Nakhtḥor in Persepolis 193
Wouter F. M. Henkelman
Appendix: Seals Associated with Satraps and Satrap-Level
Administrators 224
Mark B. Garrison
Bibliography 265
Subject Index 287
Index Nominum 303
Index Locorum 310
Index Verborum 315
Objects and Artifacts 316
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List of Illustrations and Plates
ILLUSTRATIONS
1.1 Collated line drawing of the seal of Aršāma, PFS 2899*. 2
1.2 Pell.Aram. IX (TADAE A6.13). 4
1.3 Yardeni’s autograph copy of Pell.Aram. IX (TADAE A6.13)
(Porten and Yardeni 1986: 123). 5
1.4 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. I, obverse, carrying an impression of the
seal of Aršāma. Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 9
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.5 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. I, reverse. Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 10
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.6 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. I, upper edge. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 11
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.7 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. I, bottom edge. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 11
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.8 Line drawing of all surfaces of the letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. I. Now
in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 12
Drawing by D. Kaptan.
1.9 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. II, obverse, carrying an impression of
the seal of Aršāma. Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 13
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.10 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. II, reverse. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 14
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.11 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. II, upper edge. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 16
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.12 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. II, bottom edge. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 16
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.13 Line drawing of all surfaces of the letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. II.
Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 17
Drawing by D. Kaptan.
1.14 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. III, obverse, carrying an impression of
the seal of Aršāma. Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 18
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
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1.15 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. III, reverse. Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 19
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.16 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. III, upper edge. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 20
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.17 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. III, bottom edge. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 20
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.18 Line drawing of all surfaces of the letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. III.
Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 21
Drawing by D. Kaptan.
1.19 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. IV, obverse, carrying an impression of
the stamp seal. Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 22
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.20 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. IV, reverse. Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 23
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.21 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. IV, upper edge. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 25
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.22 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. IV, bottom edge. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 25
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.23 Line drawing of all surfaces of the letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. IV.
Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 25
Drawing by D. Kaptan.
1.24 Line drawing of the stamp seal on letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. IV.
Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 26
Drawing by D. Kaptan.
1.25 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. V, obverse, carrying an impression of
the seal of Aršāma. Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 27
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.26 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. V, obverse, carrying an impression
of the seal of Aršāma. Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 28
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.27 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. V, reverse. Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 28
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.28 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. V, upper edge. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 29
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.29 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. V, bottom edge. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 29
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
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1.30 Line drawing of all surfaces of the letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. V. Now
in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 30
Drawing by D. Kaptan.
1.31 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. VI, obverse, carrying an impression of the
seal of Aršāma. Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 31
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.32 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. VI, reverse. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 32
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.33 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. VI, upper edge. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 33
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.34 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. VI, bottom edge. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 33
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.35 Line drawing of all surfaces of the letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. VI.
Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 34
Drawing by D. Kaptan.
1.36 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. VII, obverse, carrying an impression
of the seal of Aršāma. Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 36
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.37 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. VII, reverse. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 36
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.38 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. VII, upper edge. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 38
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.39 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. VII, bottom edge. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 38
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.40 Line drawing of all surfaces of the letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. VII.
Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 39
Drawing by D. Kaptan.
1.41 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. VIII, obverse, carrying an impression
of the seal of Aršāma. Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 40
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.42 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. VIII, obverse, carrying an impression
of the seal of Aršāma. Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 40
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
1.43 Letter-bulla Sigill.Aram. VIII, reverse. Now in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 41
Photograph courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.