Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
Series |
Kenchreai, eastern port of Corinth, 1874-5431 ; 6 |
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Kenchreai. Eastern Port of Corinth, 6
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Contents |
List of Figures; List of Plates; Abbreviations and Bibliography; Preface; I. Introduction to the Site and Circumstances of Excavation; II. Nature of the Materials and the Craftsmanship of Late Roman Ivory, Bone, and Wood; III. Catalogue and Analysis of Figurative Relief Plaques and Veneer Panels; IV. Catalogue and Analysis of Decorative Plaques and Veneer; V. Catalogue and Analysis of Ivory, Bone, and Wood Architectural Elements; VI. Catalogue and Analysis of Wood Furniture and Related Veneers; VII. Furniture Reconstructions, Provenance, Dating, Setting, and Function |
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Appendix 1. Catalogue of Miscellaneous Wood FragmentsAppendix 2. Catalogue of Miscellaneous Plain Veneer Fragments; Appendix 3. Conservation; Appendix 4. Was Ivory Molded or Formed into Large Sheets in Antiquity?; Appendix 5. Concordances and List of Ivory and Bone Objects (Plates); PLATES; General Index |
Summary |
Hundreds of decorated ivory and bone fragments from furniture and parts from at least three crossed-leg chairs, survived under seawater in an apsidal room at Kenchreai, the Eastern port of ancient Corinth. This book discusses the excavated remains that provide an important addition to our knowledge of the artistic production of late Roman Egypt |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Kekhriai
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HISTORY -- Ancient.
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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SUBJECT |
Kekhriai (Greece) -- Antiquities
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Greece -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057037
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Subject |
Greece
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Greece -- Kekhriai
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Thimme, Danae Hadjilazaro
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Breen, Martha, 1954-
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Docsan, Roxana
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University of Chicago.
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Indiana University, Bloomington.
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American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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ISBN |
9789047421160 |
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9047421167 |
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1281926426 |
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9781281926425 |
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9786611926427 |
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6611926429 |
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