| ID | 152554 |
| Title Proper | Elamite Karintas and Avestan Kvirinta |
| Other Title Information | notes on the early history of Kerend |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Potts, D T |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The toponym Kerend has a long history. This study explores the appearance of Kerend in pre-modern sources, beginning with the toponym Karintaš in the late second millennium BC. Kassite, Elamite and Assyrian rivalry for control over the central western Zagros mountains is discussed and the survival of the name in later antiquity is investigated. A derivative of the name appears in Claudius Ptolemy’s Geography and in the Parthian Stations of Isidore of Charax, as well as in the late Antique Cosmographia of the Anonymous Geographer of Ravenna. A homonymous name from the area east of the Caspian Sea is also discussed, as are several unrelated names occurring in other sources (Achaemenid Elamite, Armenian). |
| `In' analytical Note | Iranian Studies Vol. 50, No.3; May 2017: p.345-367 |
| Journal Source | Iranian Studies Vol: 50 No 3 |
| Key Words | History ; Elamite Karintas ; Avestan Kvirinta ; Kerend |