Sūkās, XI : the Attic pottery and commentary on the Greek inscriptions found on Tall Sūkās / by Helle Salskov Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salskov Roberts, Helle, author.

Series:

Publications of the Carlsberg Expedition to Phoenicia ; 14.

Scientia Danica. Humanistica 4 ; Series H, v. 3.

Publications of the Carlsberg Expedition to Phoenicia ; 14

Scientia Danica. Series H, Humanistica 4 ; vol. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inscriptions, Greek.

Pottery, Greek.

Sūkās, Tall (Syria).

Pottery, Greek--Syria--Sūkās, Tall.

Inscriptions, Greek--Syria--Sūkās, Tall.

Syria--Tall Sūkās.

Syria.

Physical Description:

164 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 27 cm.

Other Title:

Attic pottery and commentary on the Greek inscriptions found on Tall Sūkās

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen : Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 2015.

Summary:

This book deals with the Attic pottery found on Tall Sūkās and aims at giving as precise a description and time of production as possible for the individual pieces. It is hoped that this particular group of finds can elucidate the Greek presence on the Syrian coast, especially at Tall Sūkās, where some of the earliest well-dated Attic examples occur. The number of Attic sherds is modest compared to the East Greek finds at the site, but it seems that these different kinds of import at the beginning of the 6th century BC overlap and thus provide a more detailed picture of the Greek presence for that period. To a large extent the Attic, as well as the East Greek pottery, is found in connection with architectural remains and thus shows the preferences of the inhabitants with regard to table-service. The fact that a considerable number of the East Greek pieces carry Greek inscriptions would seem to indicate that these inhabitants were Greek-speakers. Even more significant in this respect is the occurrence of Greek inscriptions on coarse-ware tiles and pottery. Especially important are the inscriptions on tiles originating from the rectangular building in G14-G15, which point to the builders and users of the building as being Greek. A final chapter is devoted to a discussion of the particular function of this building.

Contents:

Black-figure skyphos, kraters or dinoi, hydria, lekanae

Black-figure komast-, siana- and lip-cups

Black-figure band-cups with figure decoration, cup-skyphoi or low skyphoi, floral cups and eye-cups

Black-figure oinochoae, amphorae, olpae

Black-figure lekythoi

Red-figure (460-440 BC)

Black-glazed bowls and plates with stamped decoration

Black-glazed sherds without stamped decoration

Red-figure (375-350 BC)

Catalogue and commentary on the inscriptions from Tall Sūkās

Commentary

The rectangular building

The function of the rectangular building.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165).

ISBN:

9788773043813

8773043818

OCLC:

930683882