Seth Priestman
Associate
Associate
The scholars and collaborators extending ISAC’s research community.
About
Archaeologist and ceramic specialist working on the Middle East and Indian Ocean world from the post Iron Age to the later 20th century. Particularly interested in the Late Antique/early Islamic transition, global commodity exchange and quantitative economic history
Education
PhD
Archaeology
University of Southampton
2013
MA
Archaeology
Durham University
2005
BA (Hons)
Archaeology
Durham University
2001
Select Publications
- Priestman, S.M.N. & Kennet, D. 2023: Sasanian and Islamic Settlement and Ceramics in Southern Iran (4th to 17th century AD): the Williamson Collection Project. British Institute of Persian Studies Monograph VIII, Oxbow: Oxford.
- Priestman, S.M.N. 2021: Ceramics Exchange and the Indian Ocean Economy (AD 400-1275). Volume I – Analysis. British Museum Research Publication Series 223: London. https://doi.org/10.48582/ceramicexchange_vol1
- Priestman, S.M.N. 2021: Ceramics Exchange and the Indian Ocean Economy (AD 400-1275). Volume II – Indian Ocean Pottery Classification. British Museum Research Publication Series 223: London. https://doi.org/10.48582/CERAMICEXCHANGE_VOL2
- Priestman, S.M.N., Kukela, A., Boraik, M. & Zein, H.M. 2026: ‘Between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: ceramics from Ḥattā Oasis in the emirate of Dubai’, Arabian Archaeology & Epigraphy, 0: 1-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.70024
- Oleksiak, J.M., Priestman, S.M.N. & Rohmer, J. 2025: ‘Ship, raft or camelback? Early Hellenistic ceramic imports of the Eastern Mediterranean from the ancient caravan city of Thāj, Northeast Saudi Arabia’, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 0: 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.70002
- Priestman, S.M.N. 2024: ‘The Sasanian origin of Siraf?’ In A.C.S. Peacock (ed.) Iran and Persianate Culture in the Indian Ocean World. British Institute of Persian Studies/IB Tauris: London, 15–48.
- Priestman, S., al-Jahwari, N., MacDonald, E., Kennet, D., Alzeidi, K., Andrews, M., Dabrowski, V., Kenkadze, V., MacDonald, R., Mamalashvili, T., Al-Maqbali, I., Naskidashvili, D. & Rossi, D. 2023: ‘Fulayj: a Sasanian to early Islamic fort in the Sohar hinterland’, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 52: 291–304.
- Otte, J.P.W. & Priestman, S.M.N. 2022: ‘European trade ceramics on the Arabian Peninsula 1800-1960’, Arabian Archaeology & Epigraphy, 33(1): 248–293. https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12217
- Priestman, S.M.N. 2016: ‘The Silk Road or the sea? Sasanian and Islamic exports to Japan’, Journal of Islamic Archaeology, 3(1): 1–35. https://doi.org/10.1558/jia.v3i1.26266
- Priestman, S.M.N. 2011: ‘Opaque Glazed Wares: definition, dating and distribution of a key Iraqi ceramic export in the Abbasid period’, Iran, 49: 89–114. https://doi.org/10.1080/05786967.2011.11834431