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Images and monuments of near eastern dynasts, 100 BC-AD 100
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kropp, Andreas J. M, Author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.
- Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation Images and monuments of near eastern dynasts, 100 BC-AD 100
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kings and rulers in art.
- Middle East--Antiquities.
- Middle East.
- Middle East--Civilization--To 622.
- Middle East--History--To 622.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 497 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is an archaeological and art-historical study of the images and monuments of Roman 'client' kings in the Near East from the Taurus to Edom (modern South East Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan) in the important transitional period between the downfall of the Seleucid empire and ancient Rome's establishment of provincial administration across the entire region. The book treats royal portraits, tombs, palaces, coins, and temples as historical documents and aims at uncovering royal identities and ideological aspirations.
- Contents:
- Methods, dynasts, and kingdoms
- Royal portraits
- Royal palaces
- Royal tombs
- Kings and cults
- Images and monuments : projections of royal ideology.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-180476-2
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