Cover illustration: The Archers of Darius, 5th Century BCE. From the Palace of Darius I at Susa. Glazed ceramic polychrome tiles. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Photo by Hervé Lewandowski. © RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Lincoln, Bruce, author.
Title: Religion, culture, and politics in pre-Islamic Iran : collected essays / by Bruce Lincoln.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: Ancient Iran series, 2667-2871 ; volume 14 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021018075 (print) | LCCN 2021018076 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004460287 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004460294 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Iran—Religion. | Iran—Civilization—To 640. | Iran—Politics and government.
Classification: LCC BL2270 .L55 2021 (print) | LCC BL2270 (ebook) | DDC 200.935/7—dc23
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