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

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From 226 C.E. to 640 C.E., the Sasanian Empire occupied the territories now divided between Iran and Iraq and for short periods between Syria and Armenia. Some of the significant subject material remnants of the massive communities of Jews living inside the empire are seals, almost all of which might be signets whose styles, inscriptions, and sites of discovery provide vital clues concerning the size and status of Jewish populations right through the empire. Seals show how Jews inside the empire adopted or resisted certain Sasanian symbols and sustained traditional Jewish references such as the lulab and etrog. This volume presents fifty-seven Jewish seals from the Sasanian Empire, in addition to comparative Zoroastrian and Christian seals. The text identifies their provenance (if known), translates their inscriptions, and organizes them by their depiction or reference.

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