02-12-2014, 05:38 PM
Simon James' Iranian mace is this one: http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visit...tice=23339
And the mace in the book is distinctly east Iranian - already well known from Kushan coins. A similar one was found in Pakistan.
Frankly, the more of Simon James' work I read, the more I realise just how limited his scope of knowledge is. He frequently gets things wrong when discussing things across the border - and I wouldn't automatically trust his attribution of some of the less obviously identifiable finds at Dura as Roman.
As I've mentioned elsewhere, this is a trend I find among almost all Roman historians and reenactors when discussing the evidence on the eastern borders.
And the mace in the book is distinctly east Iranian - already well known from Kushan coins. A similar one was found in Pakistan.
Frankly, the more of Simon James' work I read, the more I realise just how limited his scope of knowledge is. He frequently gets things wrong when discussing things across the border - and I wouldn't automatically trust his attribution of some of the less obviously identifiable finds at Dura as Roman.
As I've mentioned elsewhere, this is a trend I find among almost all Roman historians and reenactors when discussing the evidence on the eastern borders.
Nadeem Ahmad
Eran ud Turan - reconstructing the Iranian and Indian world between Alexander and Islam
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Eran ud Turan - reconstructing the Iranian and Indian world between Alexander and Islam
https://www.facebook.com/eranudturan
