Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum Jean Bussiere and Birgitta Lindros Wohl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jean Bussière

J. Paul Getty Museum, author, issuing body.

Wohl, Birgitta, 1934- author.

Bussière, Jean, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

J. Paul Getty Museum--Catalogs.

J. Paul Getty Museum.

Lamps--California--Los Angeles--Catalogs.

Lamps.

Lamps, Ancient--Mediterranean Region--Catalogs.

Lamps, Ancient.

Mediterranean Region--Antiquities--Catalogs.

Mediterranean Region.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 513 pages) : illustrations ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Getty Publications 2017

Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"An examination of the hundreds of ancient lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum collection that are made from clay, bronze, and stone, and date from the end of the 6th century BC to the 7th century AD"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Catalogue. Typological classification

Phoenico-Punic clay saucer lamps

Greek and Hellenistic clay lamps

Roman-period clay lamps

Metal lamps

Indices. Index of iconography

Index of signatures and inscriptions

Index of donors and vendors

Index of place names

Concordance of identification numbers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 494-512) and index.

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60606-513-0

OCLC:

957223474

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access