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Perle Guarino-Vignon, Nina Marchi, Julio Bendezu-Sarmiento, Evelyne Heyer, Céline Bon: Genetic continuity of Indo-Iranian speakers since the Iron Age in southern Central Asia. In: Scientific Reports. Band12, Nr.1, 14. Januar 2022, ISSN2045-2322, S.733, doi:10.1038/s41598-021-04144-4, PMID 35031610, PMC 8760286 (freier Volltext) – (nature.com [abgerufen am 3. Juni 2023]).
Mario Liverani: The Medes at Esarhaddon's Court. In: Journal of Cuneiform Studies. Band47, Nr.1, Januar 1995, ISSN0022-0256, S.57–62, doi:10.2307/1359815 (uchicago.edu [abgerufen am 3. Juni 2023]).
Perle Guarino-Vignon, Nina Marchi, Julio Bendezu-Sarmiento, Evelyne Heyer, Céline Bon: Genetic continuity of Indo-Iranian speakers since the Iron Age in southern Central Asia. In: Scientific Reports. Band12, Nr.1, 14. Januar 2022, ISSN2045-2322, S.733, doi:10.1038/s41598-021-04144-4, PMID 35031610, PMC 8760286 (freier Volltext) – (nature.com [abgerufen am 3. Juni 2023]).
Mario Liverani: The Medes at Esarhaddon's Court. In: Journal of Cuneiform Studies. Band47, Nr.1, Januar 1995, ISSN0022-0256, S.57–62, doi:10.2307/1359815 (uchicago.edu [abgerufen am 3. Juni 2023]).