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Author: Dominique Collon
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 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
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-05-03
Total Pages: 524
ISBN-13: 1108173519
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStudies 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: Dominique Collon
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Beatrice Teissier
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1984-01-01
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780520049277
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCylindrically-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: Richard Arthur Martin
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Published: 1940
Total Pages: 5
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard A Martin
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781020802799
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnlock the secrets of the ancient world with this comprehensive study of Near Eastern seals. Drawing on a wealth of archaeological evidence and expert analysis, Richard A. Martin offers readers a window into the beliefs, customs, and identities of the people of ancient Mesopotamia. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Joost Kist
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-11-15
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9004496327
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNot 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: Richard A. Martin
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Published: 2011-05-01
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781258013219
DOWNLOAD EBOOKField Museum Of Natural History, Department Of Anthropology, Chicago, 1940, Leaflet Number 34.
Author: Paul Taylor
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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: Committee of Ancient Near Eastern Seals
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Published: 1948
Total Pages: 230
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