This analysis explores the etymology of Tiriya by examining iconography of the Mesopotamian god Nabû, suggesting cultural exchanges in the Achaemenid period.
This paper offers a new etymology for the divine name attested in Pahlavi as Tīr . Its basis is a calque on the most salient feature of the iconography of the Mesopotamian god Nabû , on whom the Iranian god (* Tiriya ) was modeled in the Achaemenid period.
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