Ancient Persian War Ship
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Category: Regional History or Period History
Forum Name: Ancient Mesopotamia, Near East and Greater Iran
Forum Discription: Babylon, Egypt, Persia and other civilizations of the Near East from ancient times to 600s AD
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Topic: Ancient Persian War Ship
Posted By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Subject: Ancient Persian War Ship
Date Posted: 01-Dec-2011 at 11:53
Today I found something interesting on an ancient Achaemenid coin in a book about the coins of Malek museum in Tehran:
 On one side it shows Artaxerxes II (404–358 BC) standing to the right holding a bow and on the other side there is a ship, of course the book says that is probably a Phoenician ship and the coin was struck by Straton I, satrap of Sidon, anyway it shows a war ship which was used in the ancient Persian empire, it has four sails and seems to be a large ship. ------------- 
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Posted By: Baal Melqart
Date Posted: 01-Dec-2011 at 14:13
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It looks like a trireme if I'm not mistaken but why did you directly expect the book to say that it was Phoenician? I know that the Persians relied heavily on Phoenicians sailors and ships, but I'm sure they were able to produce their own, perhaps just as some sort of reserve.
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Posted By: Ollios
Date Posted: 01-Dec-2011 at 17:22
I don't know persian ships but some ships  egypt greece   turkey( the name of ship is kybele) turkey (uluburun 2, the model of one of the oldest ship, uluburun) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluburun - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluburun ------------- Ellerin Kabe'si var, Benim Kabem İnsandır |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 01-Dec-2011 at 19:11
 The ship on the coin looks very similar to this Greek galley. My guess is the Greeks, Persians and Romans copied the original Phoenician design and added improvements over time, including an extra tier of rowers and a brass ram ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |