The ancient throne : the Mediterranean, Near East, and beyond, from the 3rd millennium BCE to the 14th century CE : proceedings of the workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 2016 / Liat Naeh, Dana Brostowsky Gilboa (eds.).

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Naeh, Liat, editor.

Gilboa, Dana Brostowsky, editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Conference Name:

International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (10th : 2016 : Vienna, Austria), issuing body.

Series:

Oriental and European archaeology ; v. 14.

Oriental and European archaeology ; volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thrones--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Thrones.

Throne in art--Congresses.

Throne in art.

Civilization.

History.

Middle East--Civilization--Congresses.

Middle East.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

History.

Physical Description:

215 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm.

Place of Publication:

Vienna : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The volume features studies focusing on specific thrones known from historical texts, artistic depictions or excavations, or that offer an overview of the role of thrones from as early as ancient Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BCE to as late as Iran and China in the 14th century CE. Its diverse articles all present thrones as a meaningful category of material culture, one that may inspire both inter-cultural and intra-cultural insights on how types of chairs may embody or induce notions of kingship and a range of concepts pertaining to the religious, ideological, and social spheres"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface by the series editor / Barbara Horejs

Preface / Liat Naeh, Dana Brostowsky Gilboa

In the presence of the ancient throne : an introduction / Liat Naeh

The play with throne designs in third millennium BCE Mesopotamia / Claudia E. Suter

Enthroned upon mountains : constructions of power in the Aegean Bronze Age / Caroline J. Tully, Sam Crooks

Mycenaean thórnoi, Homeric thronoi : textual perspectives / Vassilis Petrakis

To sit in splendour : the ivory throne as an agent of identity in tomb 79 from Salamis, Cyprus / Christina Ruth Johnson

Throne among the gods : a short study of the throne in archaic Greek iconography / Yael Young

Thrones and crowns : on the regalia of the west semitic monarchy / Aaron Koller

The throne of King Midas / Elizabeth Simpson

The ivory thrones from Parthian Nisa : furniture design between Philhellenism and Iranian Revival / Niccolò Manassero

Women enthroned : from Mongol to Muslim / Sheila Blair

Solomon as Kosmokratōr and the fashioning of his mechanical throne from a comparative perspective / Allegra Iafrate

Mycenaean thórnoi, Homeric θρόνοι : textual perspectives / Vassilis Petrakis

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

3700185561

9783700185567

OCLC:

1225946089