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Home » Matthew P. Canepa

Parthian Silver and the Creation and Contestation of Aristocracies in Post-Hellenistic Iran

Published: May 20, 2022

Matthew P. Canepa is Professor and Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Presidential Chair in Art History and Archaeology of Ancient Iran at University of California, Irvine. He is Director of UCI’s Ph.D….

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Reevaluating Divine Imagery in Late Antique Iranian Metalwork

Published: February 20, 2020

Reevaluating Divine Imagery in Late Antique Iranian Metalwork Most late antique Iranian silver vessels are decorated with either royal imagery or stereotyped ornamental and figural imagery related to wine drinking…

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The Getty Stag Rhyton and Parthian Aristocratic Culture: New Discoveries

Published: May 30, 2019

About the Speaker Matthew P. Canepa (PhD, University of Chicago) is Professor of Art History and Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Presidential Chair in Art History and Archaeology of Ancient Iran at…

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Transmillenial Ecologies of Iranian Religion and Identity

Published: January 9, 2019

Transmillenial Ecologies of Iranian Religion and Identity This lecture explores continuities and changes in the formation of religious sites, structures, and practices in Persia and the wider ancient Iranian world….

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