Elymaeans
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Name (Hebrew)
אלימאים
Name (Latin)
Elymaeans
Name (Arabic)
الإليميون
Other forms of name
Elamites
Elymaeis
Elymaians
Elymaisians
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Iran
Iranians
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1275158
Library of congress:
sh2018001939
Sources of Information
- Work cat: 2008344946: Sikkahʹhā-yi Ilīmāyī, 2008:p. x, 2nd group (Elymean) summary (Elymais, ancient Parthian vassal state located east of the lower Tigris River. Susa was its capital city and their people were called Elymaisians)
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, via WWW, July 19, 2018:Elymais (the Elymaeans; Elymaei; Elamites; It has been suggested that the Elymaeans were of Persian origin, but the hostility shown by the Elymaeans to the Achaemenid kings and the fact that the Elymaeans worshipped non-Iranian gods would seem to suggest that the people of Elymais were descendants of the traditional Elamite inhabitants of these regions)
- Google, via WWW, July 19, 2018:(Elymaisian coins; Elymaisian kings)
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, via WWW, Oct. 15, 2018:Elymais (ancient Parthian vassal state located east of the lower Tigris River and usually considered part of the larger district of Susiana. It incorporated much of the area of the biblical region of Elam, approximately equivalent to the modern region of Khūzestān, Iran. Susa was its capital city) ancient Iran (Elymais; Elymaian troops)