Yosefbar El'asa Artaka and the elusive Jewish Diaspora of pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia.

The article focuses on the presence of Jewish Diaspora in the pre-Islamic Iran and in Central Asia based on the inscription found in an ossuary that is believed to contain the bones of a woman brought from abroad for burial in Jerusalem by her son called Artaka. Topics include the inscription as the archaeological evidence associated with the Parthian Diaspora and its pilgrimages to Jerusalem, the presence of Jewish community in pre-Islamic Iran, and the widespread ossuaries in Central Asia.