ISBN10: 1874780749, ISBN13: 9781874780748, [publisher: London : The Khalili Family Trust] Hardcover xxi, 14-294 pages : colour illustrations, colour facsimiles, colour maps ; 32 x 25 cm. "Letters and accounts connected with the court of the satrap of Bactria, Akhvamazda, and with his governor, Bagavant . the first time that parts of the internal correspondence of the administration of Bactria and Sogdiana have come to light. . This is the fourth century BCE, close to the end of the Achaemenid rule in Iran . in the north-eastern tip of the empire. . Some of the items in this collection are written on wooden sticks, the first time that this system of bookkeeping is being discovered anywhere, and they are remarkably well preserved. . The present book, with the original documents that it contains, gives a picture of everyday life in an important Achaemenian province. It affords a glimpse into . how a large empire of antiquity was run and how the Persian rule was ultimately replaced by a Greek administration. The notes in this book show the continuity in usage from Achaemenian to Sasanian, and sometimes up to modern times."--Introductory notes, page x, xiv, xx.
[Chadwell Heath, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2012]