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"The Museum System (TMS) Users" <[log in to unmask]>
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Iran vs Persia
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"Wilker, Jenny" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:24:33 -0500
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We have this geographical region in our database in many ways. [Our data
came from many sources; this is still cleanup time.)

What do you do?
We have in the Culture field:
Iranian (Persian)
Persian (Iranian)
Persian
Iranian

In the Geography field we have
Iran
Persia
Iran (Persia)
Persia (Iran)

We have mostly rugs, arms and armor, paintings, and ceramics from this
geographical area.

This, of course, is just one example of the problem of the historical
version the modern day name for a place.

Thanks,
Jenny

Avanti!
Jenny Wilker, Ph.D.
Collection Management System
Information Services
Philadelphia Museum of Art

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