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First impressions : cylinder seals in the ancient Near East / Dominique Collon.
Penn Museum Library CD5344 .C58 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Collon, Dominique.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cylinder seals--Middle East.
- Cylinder seals.
- Middle East--Antiquities.
- Middle East.
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- [Revised edition].
- Place of Publication:
- London : British Museum, 2005.
- Summary:
- Back by popular demand, this is the newly revised edition of the definitive classic survey on cylinder seals in the Ancient Near East. The most comprehensive book on the subject to date, this essential text features an incredible 1000 highly detailed illustrations, all highlighting the intricate nature and fascinating purpose of these remarkable tools of the past. The author looks at their use over 3,000 years and discusses the information they provide on religion, design and all aspects of daily life for the period in which they were created, from about 3300 to 300 BC.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Cylinder Seals in History
- 1 Period I The Beginnings, before 3000 BC 13
- (a) Uruk 14
- (b) Jemdet Nasr 15
- 2 Period II City States, 3000-2334 BC 20
- (a) Geometric designs 20
- (b) Iran 23
- (c) The Diyala 24
- (d) Syria and Palestine 24
- (e) Southern Mesopotamia 27
- 3 Period III The Sargonic Empire and its Aftermath, 2334-2000 BC 32
- (a) Akkadian seals 32
- (b) Post Akkadian and Ur III seals 35
- (c) Regional styles 39
- 4 Period IV The Age of Hammurabi, 2000-1500 BC 41
- (a) Cappadocian trade 41
- (b) Isin/Larsa seals 44
- (c) Old Babylonian seals 45
- (d) The Mari period 47
- (e) Late Old Babylonian seals 50
- (f) Syria and Palestine 52
- (g) Iran 55
- (h) Anatolia 57
- 5 Period V International Exchanges, 1500-1000 BC 58
- (a) Kassite Babylonia 58
- (b) Mitanni 61
- (c) Assyria 65
- (d) Iran 69
- (e) Syria and Palestine 69
- (f) Cyprus 73
- 6 Period VI Assyrian and Babylonian Empires, 1000-500 BC 75
- (a) Assyria 75
- (b) Babylonia 80
- (c) Syria and Palestine 83
- (d) Urartu 86
- (e) Iran 86
- 7 Period VII Medes, Persians and Greeks, 500 BC onwards 90
- (a) The Achaemenid empire 90
- (b) Late cylinder seals 93
- 8 Forgeries 94
- Part 2 Cylinder Seals in Society
- 9 Rediscovery and Collections 97
- 10 How the Seals were Made 100
- 11 The Inscriptions 105
- 12 How the Seals were Worn 108
- 13 How the Seals were Used 113
- 14 Re-use 120
- 15 Royal and Dynastic Seals 123
- 16 The Seals of the Gods 131
- 17 Treasures and Hoards 135
- 18 Well-travelled Seals 138
- 19 Cylinder Seals made outside the Ancient Near East 140
- Part 3 Subjects and Themes on Cylinder Seals
- 20 Daily Life 145
- 21 Dress 150
- 22 Music and Dance 151
- 23 Hunting and Sport 155
- 24 Transport 158
- 25 Fortresses and Warfare 162
- 26 Deities 165
- 27 Temples and Religious Ceremonies 172
- 28 Myths, Epics and Legends 178
- 29 Giants, Demons and Monsters 183
- 30 Animals, Birds, Fish and Insects 187
- 31 Contest Scenes 193.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 1987.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-204) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0714111368
- OCLC:
- 63186269
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