Production economy in greater Roman Syria : trade networks and production processes / edited by Rubina Raja and Julia Steding.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Raja, Rubina, 1975- editor.

Steding, Julia, editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Studies in Palmyrene Archaeology and History (SPAH) ; volume 2

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Syria--History--333 B.C.-634 A.D.

Syria.

Stone industry and trade--Syria--Tadmur.

Stone industry and trade.

Tadmur (Syria)--Antiquities.

Tadmur (Syria).

Tadmur (Syria)--Commerce.

Antiquities.

Commerce.

Syria--Tadmur.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxx, 201 pages : illustrations (some color), charts, maps ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols, [2021]

Language Note:

Text in English; 1 contribution in French.

Summary:

"The site of Palmyra, an oasis city in the Syrian desert located at a cultural and geographical crossroads, was a major trading centre in the first three centuries ad. This volume offers an in-depth exploration into one type of trade and its economy, namely that of stone, and the crucial role that this played within the settlement. The papers gathered here explore different aspects of stone, from its use in Palmyra's famous funerary portraiture, the production techniques that underlay these works, and their polychromy, through to where and how marble and limestone were provenanced, quarried, and transported, and what this implies for our understanding of the organization of the stone trade in both Syria and beyond. Chapters on Aphrodisian artists and the rock-cut chambers in Commagene and Cyrrhestice ensure the evidence from Palmyra is set in a wider context, enabling comparisons to be drawn with the work of sculptors elsewhere. Together, the papers within this volume offer a unique insight into a trade and economy of vital importance in an important urban centre of the Roman period. The work presented here is an outcome of the 'Palmyra Portrait Project', directed by Prof. Rubina Raja"--Page [4] of cover.

Contents:

Production economy in Roman Syria : new views on old stones / Rubina Raja and Julia Steding

Carving the Palmyrene portrait reliefs : observations on the collection in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek / Ben Russell and Will Wootton

Partly finished objects from the Palmyrene funerary context / Julia Steding

The polychromy of Palmyrene portraits : workmen and colouration / Clarissa Blume-Jung

Les calcaires de Palmyre face aux autres roches de décoration architecturale et de sculpture / Jean-Claude Bessac

Quarrying in the Roman Near East : Palmyra and Baalbek, a comparative study / Jeanine Abdul Massih

Sourcing the stone : the state of techniques and their implications / Patrick Degryse, Sander Muskens, and Marc Waelkens

Palmyra, Syria, and 'imperial' marble / Alfred M. Hirt

The trade in marble and other stone in the eastern Mediterranean / Marc Waelkens

The sculptors of Aphrodisias/La scuola di Afrodisia in 2018 / Julia Lenaghan

Quarries, tombs, and funerary sculpture in Commagene and Cyrrhestice / Michael Blömer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9782503591254

2503591256

OCLC:

1255886196