Saturday, September 8, 2018

Professor Jozef Wolski (1910-2008)

Salvete Omnes,
today a quick entry. It has been a while since I visited the ancient Iran.
Hence I would like to take bring to your attention the person and scholarship of professor Jozef W. Wolski, Polish scholar and gentleman, whose life and work has been nicely brought together in this article by professor Marek Olbrycht (another version from Iranica).
You can download the Wolski's doctoral thesis - Arsaces I of Parthia - , in Polish, from the Wielkopolska Biblioteka Cyfrowa - 1937 and 1938 issues of Quarterly EOS.
I am including in this post my sketch of the Parthian kontophoros or heavy lancer hunting a lion, a copy from a Babylonian ceramic tile (held at the British Museum).
lion hunt

Valete!
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4 comments:

  1. Dario T. W.September 8, 2018 at 2:31 AM

    temat wojskowosci starozytnej Baktrii et ikonografii - http://www.historycy.org/index.php?showtopic=71969

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  2. Dario T. W.September 8, 2018 at 3:12 AM

    battle of Britain and Polish pilots (with winged hussars' wings :) ) https://www.rafbf.org/news-and-blogs/unsurpassed-gallantry-302-and-303-squadron

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  3. UnknownSeptember 10, 2018 at 11:35 AM

    Thanks for the text and data concerning J. Wolski and ancient warfare.

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  4. UnknownSeptember 10, 2018 at 11:36 AM

    Thanks for the text and links to Wolski's biographies.

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