The Iconography Of Cylinder Seals

Author : Paul Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015064131355

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The Iconography of Cylinder Seals by Paul Taylor Pdf

The essays in the volume study various aspects of the iconography of cylinder seals from the Akkadian period to the Neo-Assyrian period, from Mesopotamia to Hittite Anatolia. The authors deal mostly with concrete cases, including themes such as warfare, the sacred tree, fish and the god Ninurta. An introduction discusses the problems involved in interpreting iconography with few or no texts, and the volume is opened by a memorial of Henri Frankfort, second Director of the Institute, by his successor J. B. Trapp. The illustrations include a wide range of seal impressions. The book will be of interest to archaeologists and art historians of the ancient Near East, and to comparative iconologists. It was first published in 2006, and quickly sold out (ISBN-10: 0854811354). A limited number of volumes have been reprinted in 2018 for interested specialists (ISBN-13: 978-0-85481-135-9).

Author : Dominique Collon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015066781421

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First Impressions by Dominique Collon Pdf

In this survey, the author looks at the development and use of cylinder seals over 3000 years. She discusses the information that they provide on religion, design and aspects of daily life in the Near East for this period.

Author : Marta Ameri,Sarah Kielt Costello,Gregg Jamison,Sarah Jarmer Scott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781108173513

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Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World by Marta Ameri,Sarah Kielt Costello,Gregg Jamison,Sarah Jarmer Scott Pdf

Studies of seals and sealing practices have traditionally investigated aspects of social, political, economic, and ideological systems in ancient societies throughout the Old World. Previously, scholarship has focused on description and documentation, chronology and dynastic histories, administrative function, iconography, and style. More recent studies have emphasized context, production and use, and increasingly, identity, gender, and the social lives of seals, their users, and the artisans who produced them. Using several methodological and theoretical perspectives, this volume presents up-to-date research on seals that is comparative in scope and focus. The cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach advances our understanding of the significance of an important class of material culture of the ancient world. The volume will serve as an essential resource for scholars, students, and others interested in glyptic studies, seal production and use, and sealing practices in the Ancient Near East, Egypt, Ancient South Asia and the Aegean during the 4th-2nd Millennia BCE.

Author : Beatrice Teissier
Publisher : Saint-Paul
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 3525538928

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Egyptian Iconography on Syro-Palestinian Cylinder Seals of the Middle Bronze Age by Beatrice Teissier Pdf

Author : Henri Frankfort
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015002327669

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Cylinder Seals by Henri Frankfort Pdf

Author : Zoltán Niederreiter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9634891977

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Catalogue of the Cylinder Seals in the Royal Museums of Art and History by Zoltán Niederreiter Pdf

Author : Mehmet-Ali Ataç
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780521517904

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The Mythology of Kingship in Neo-Assyrian Art by Mehmet-Ali Ataç Pdf

In this book, Mehmet-Ali Ataç argues that the palace reliefs of the Neo-Assyrian Empire hold a meaning deeper than simple imperial propaganda.

Author : Theophilus Goldridge Pinches
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Cylinder seals, Assyro-Babylonian
ISBN : OXFORD:302227263

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Babylonian and Assyrian Cylinder-seals of the British Museum by Theophilus Goldridge Pinches Pdf

Author : Joost Kist
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004496323

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Ancient Near Eastern Seals from the Kist Collection by Joost Kist Pdf

Not only their function in Ancient Near Eastern daily life makes stamp and cylinder seals an important subject of study, but also their outstanding aesthetic beauty. The examples of stamp and cylinder seals catalogued and described in the present volume are part of the collection of Ancient Near Eastern glyptic art acquired by the Kist family during the last century. The collection consists of hundreds of seals ranging from the fourth millennium Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods up to the Achaemenid period of the first millennium B.C. The majority of the artifacts are published here for the first time, making the volume into a unique and essential resource for Ancient Near Eastern scholars and art historians.

Author : Ann C. Gunter
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118301258

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A Companion to Ancient Near Eastern Art by Ann C. Gunter Pdf

Provides a broad view of the history and current state of scholarship on the art of the ancient Near East This book covers the aesthetic traditions of Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia, and the Levant, from Neolithic times to the end of the Achaemenid Persian Empire around 330 BCE. It describes and examines the field from a variety of critical perspectives: across approaches and interpretive frameworks, key explanatory concepts, materials and selected media and formats, and zones of interaction. This important work also addresses both traditional and emerging categories of material, intellectual perspectives, and research priorities. The book covers geography and chronology, context and setting, medium and scale, while acknowledging the diversity of regional and cultural traditions and the uneven survival of evidence. Part One of the book considers the methodologies and approaches that the field has drawn on and refined. Part Two addresses terms and concepts critical to understanding the subjects and formal characteristics of the Near Eastern material record, including the intellectual frameworks within which monuments have been approached and interpreted. Part Three surveys the field’s most distinctive and characteristic genres, with special reference to Mesopotamian art and architecture. Part Four considers involvement with artistic traditions across a broader reach, examining connections with Egypt, the Aegean, and the Mediterranean. And finally, Part Five addresses intersections with the closely allied discipline of archaeology and the institutional stewardship of cultural heritage in the modern Middle East. Told from multiple perspectives, A Companion to Ancient Near Eastern Art is an enlightening, must-have book for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of ancient Near East art and Near East history as well as those interested in history and art history.

Author : Beatrice Teissier
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0520049276

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Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection by Beatrice Teissier Pdf

Cylindrically-shaped sals first appeared int he second half of the fourth millennium B.C, gradually replacing the more traditional stamp seals. Cylinder seals are interesting not only for the past functional uses and for what they reveal about ancient Near Eastern culture and society--but the representations rendered by the seals are a worthy art form. This book discusses over 700 seals, including a large number of Syrian seals. --Publisher description.

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art, Ancient
ISBN : 9781588390431

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Art of the First Cities by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Catalog of an exhibition being held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 8 to Aug. 17, 2003.

Author : Jeanne Nijhowne
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015053124981

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Politics, Religion, and Cylinder Seals by Jeanne Nijhowne Pdf

Drawing on the hundreds of published cyclinder seals from the Near East, Nijhowne attempts to reduce the gulf between historians and prehistorians. Whilst the former relies on documentary evidence, the latter on material remains, our interpretations about ancient Mesopotamian societies remains debated and often contradictory.

Author : Benjamin Sass,Christoph Uehlinger
Publisher : Saint-Paul
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 3525537603

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Studies in the Iconography of Northwest Semitic Inscribed Seals by Benjamin Sass,Christoph Uehlinger Pdf

Author : Henri A. Frankfort
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1985-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0576194565

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Cylinder Seals, A Documentary Essay on the Art and Religion of the Ancient Near East by Henri A. Frankfort Pdf