Ancient Near Eastern seals from the Kist collection : three millennia of miniature reliefs / by Joost Kist ; with contributions by Dominique Collon and Frans Wiggermann and Geoffrey Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kist, Joost, author.

Contributor:

Collon, Dominique, contributor.

Wiggermann, F. A. M., contributor.

Turner, Geoffrey (Geoffrey Eric), contributor.

Series:

Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; Volume 18.

Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; Volume 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cylinder seals--Middle East--Private collections.

Cylinder seals.

Glyptics--Middle East--Private collections.

Glyptics.

Kist, Joost--Archaeological collections.

Kist, Joost.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2003]

Summary:

Not only their function in Ancient Near Eastern daily life makes stamp and cylinder seals an important subject of study, but also their outstanding aesthetic beauty. The examples of stamp and cylinder seals catalogued and described in the present volume are part of the collection of Ancient Near Eastern glyptic art acquired by the Kist family during the last century. The collection consists of hundreds of seals ranging from the fourth millennium Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods up to the Achaemenid period of the first millennium B.C. The majority of the artifacts are published here for the first time, making the volume into a unique and essential resource for Ancient Near Eastern scholars and art historians.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-237) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Kist, Joost Ancient near Eastern Seals from the Kist Collection

ISBN:

9789004496323

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004496323 DOI