Seth Priestman
Curator
Iran, the Siraf collection
Department: Middle East
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7323 28320
Email: spriestman @ thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Seth Priestman is currently working on a two-year project funded
by the British Institute of Persian Studies aimed at providing a
catalogue of the finds in the British Museum from excavations at
Siraf in southern Iran. Siraf was the main trade emporium in the
Persian Gulf between the ninth and eleventh
centuries AD at a time when merchants from the region first started
making regular voyages to China, Southeast Asia, Indian and East
Africa.
Seth was previously a research assistant in
the Department of Archaeology at the University of Durham
between 2001 and 2003 and also in 2004. He joined the British
Museum as Sackler Fellow in the then Department of Ancient
Near East in 2003.
Current British Museum projects
Previous British Museum projects
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External fellowships/ honorary positions/ membership of professional bodies
Research Fellow, British Institute of Persian Studies,
since 2001
Publications
S.M.N. Priestman, ‘Islamic pottery in Oman’. In H.
Grube and L. Korn (eds.) Islamic Art in
Oman. Muscat: Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs
(forthcoming)
S.M.N. Priestman, ‘Bushehr, Dashtestan and Siraf: The
Transformation of the Sasanian Maritime Trade Network in the Upper
Persian Gulf’, in St J. Simpson (ed.) New Studies in Sasanian
Archaeology: Economy, Industry and Material Culture. London:
British Museum Press (forthcoming)
S.M.N. Priestman, Settlement and Ceramics in the
Southern Iran: An Analysis of the Sasanian and Islamic
Periods in the Williamson Collection. University of Durham: MA
Thesis (2005a)
S.M.N. Priestman, ‘The rise of Siraf: long-term development
of trade emporia within the Persian Gulf’, Proceedings of the
International Congress of
SirafPort, November 14 - 16,
2005, Bushehr - Iran. Bushehr: Bushehr
Branch of Iranology Foundation & Bushehr University of Medical
Sciences, 137-56 (2005b).
S.M.N. Priestman, 2004: ‘Leave no stone unturned: Stein and
Williamson’s surveys compared’, in H.E. Wang (ed.) Sir Aurel
Stein. Proceedings of the British Museum
Study Day 2002. London: British Museum Occasional Paper,
142: 29-35.