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9780198150374

Hellenistic Engraved Gems

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198150374

  • ISBN10:

    0198150377

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-09-23
  • Publisher: Clarendon Press

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Summary

This lavishly illustrated volume traces the development of Greek gem engraving from Alexander to Augustus.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
viii(1)
List of Plates
ix(3)
Abbreviations xii(4)
Map of the Hellenistic World
xvi
Introduction 1(6)
PART I The Evidence 7(28)
1. Scholarship and Literature
7(5)
2. The Evidence from Temple Inventories
12(6)
3. Seals and Seal Usage in Antiquity
18(17)
PART II Hellenistic Intaglios: Technique, Style, and Subject-Matter 35(70)
4. Shapes and Materials
35(7)
5. Royal Portraits
42(24)
6. Gods and Humans
66(32)
7. Objects and Animals
98(2)
8. Stylistic Groups and Chronology
100(5)
PART III Engraved Gems in the Hellenistic World 105(8)
9. Cost and Value of Engraved Gems in Antiquity
105(4)
10. Engraved Gems and their Owners
109(4)
CATALOGUE 113(24)
Bibliography 137(2)
Concordance 139(8)
Index 147
Plates 1-96

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