Ivory, bone, and related wood finds / by Wilma Olch Stern and Danae Hadjilazaro Thimme ; drawings by Martha Breen and Roxana Docsan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stern, Wilma, 1940-

Contributor:

Hadjilazaro Thimme, Danae.

Breen, Martha, 1954-

Docsan, Roxana.

University of Chicago.

Indiana University, Bloomington.

American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Series:

Kenchreai. Eastern Port of Corinth 6.

Kenchreai, eastern port of Corinth, 1874-5431 ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece--Kekhriai.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Ivory carving--Greece--Kekhriai.

Ivory carving.

Bone carving--Greece--Kekhriai.

Bone carving.

Wood-carving--Greece--Kekhriai.

Wood-carving.

Kekhriai (Greece)--Antiquities.

Kekhriai (Greece).

Greece--Antiquities.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hundreds of richly decorated ivory and bone fragments from furniture and parts from at least three crossed-leg chairs, survived under seawater in an apsidal room at Kenchreai, the Eastern port of ancient Corinth. These excavated remains include fragments of an incised bone panel with a scene of an emperor and attendants, a thiasos, bucolic and hunt scenes, seated philosophers, erotes, and a miniature ivory Corinthian order supporting a bone arcade decorated with erotes. Decorative moldings and large bone rings suggest that most of these belonged to a luxuriously decorated chest. Dating to the fourth century, these objects provide an important addition to our knowledge of the artistic production of late Roman Egypt and the working of ivory, bone, and wood.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / W. Stern

Chapter I. Introduction To The Site And Circumstances Of Excavation / W. Stern

Chapter II. Nature Of The Materials And The Craftsmanship Of Late Roman Ivory, Bone, And Wood / W. Stern

Chapter III. Catalogue And Analysis Of Figurative Relief Plaques And Veneer Panels / W. Stern

Chapter IV. Catalogue And Analysis Of Decorative Plaques And Veneer / W. Stern

Chapter V. Catalogue And Analysis Of Ivory, Bone, And Wood Architectural Elements / W. Stern

Chapter VI. Catalogue And Analysis Of Wood Furniture And Related Veneers / W. Stern

Chapter VII. Furniture Reconstructions, Provenance, Dating, Setting, And Function / W. Stern

Appendix 1. Catalogue Of Miscellaneous Wood Fragments / W. Stern

Appendix 2. Catalogue Of Miscellaneous Plain Veneer Fragments / W. Stern

Appendix 3. Conservation / W. Stern

Appendix 4. Was Ivory Molded Or Formed Into Large Sheets In Antiquity? / W. Stern

Appendix 5. Concordances / W. Stern

Plates / W. Stern

General Index / W. Stern.

Notes:

"Results of investigations by the University of Chicago and Indiana University for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-92642-6

9786611926427

90-474-2116-7

OCLC:

814412103

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004158184.i-420 DOI