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Zoroastrianism and Ancient Iranian Religion

The Persian Empire

A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period

by Amélie Kuhrt

A sourcebook gathering translated inscriptions, administrative documents and classical texts on the Achaemenid empire. Its sections on kingship and religion make the royal inscriptions and Persepolis evidence accessible to non-specialists.

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