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Production Economy in Greater Roman Syria. Trade Networks and Production Processes
, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, xxx + 202 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:96 b/w, 24 col., 2 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503591254.
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. TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents List of Illustrations Abbreviations List of Ancient Authors Colour Plates ? 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 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 Index
Harald Ingholt, Rubina Raja (ed), Jean-Baptiste Yon (ed), Julia Steding (ed)
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Excavating Palmyra. Harald Ingholt's Excavation Diaries: A Transcript, Translation, and Commentary
, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, 2 vols, 1846 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:22 b/w, 1027 col., 2 maps color, Language: English . ISBN 9782503595313.
Summary When the Danish archaeologist Harald Ingholt conducted his ground-breaking excavations of Palmyra in the 1920s and 1930s, during which time he investigated several grave monuments and carried out the first observations of Palmyra's famous funerary portraits, he kept detailed diaries of his work. For a long time, these have been stored at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen together with the extensive Ingholt Archive, while further photographs and notes on Palmyrene sculpture have been kept with Ingholt's family in the United States. Now this material and Ingholt's diaries, written primarily in Danish, have for the first time been transcribed and translated into English with a full commentary written by Professor Rubina Raja, Dr Julia Steding, and Dr Jean-Baptiste Yon, in order to make these unique texts available to a wider public. The diaries contain a wealth of information on Palmyrene sculpture, grave complexes, and inscriptions from the city, as well as offering previously unpublished details into Ingholt's excavations, and his time in the field that will provide essential new insights for scholars working on Palmyra. TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME I Introduction Reading the Ingholt Excavation Diaries and Acknowledgements -RUBINA RAJA 'Den smukkeste Kvindebuste, jeg endnu har set': The Palmyra Excavation Diaries of Harald Ingholt, 1924-1928 - RUBINA RAJA Figures: Life in Syria and a Trip to Palmyra Diary 1 - 1924 Figures: Monuments in Palmyra Appendix - 1924 Figures: At Work in Palmyra Diary 2 - 1925-1928 Figures: Uncovered Objects Diary 3 - 1925 Figures: The Tombs of Palmyra VOLUME II Diary 4 - 1928 Figures: To Those at Home Diary 5 - Tombs Figures: The Near East and Hama Supplementary Material Map of graves Map of graves - degrees (locations) List of All Tombs Mentioned in the Diaries of Harald Ingholt A List of Tombs from Diary 3 Concordance of Published Inscription in the Diaries Concordances of Inscriptions from the Diaries Prosopography of the Unpublished Inscriptions in the Diaries Bibliography, Diaries Selected Bibliography of Harald Ingholt Palmyra Portrait Project - List of Publications Index
Carvers and Customers in Roman Palmyra. The Production Economy of Limestone Loculus Reliefs
, Brepols, 2022 Paperback, xiv + 294 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:49 b/w, 39 col., 23 tables b/w., 1 maps color, Language: English. ISBN 9782503597850.
Summary Palmyra, located in the Syrian desert, is famous for the portraiture of its citizens, produced when the ancient city was at the height of its powers in the Roman era. At this time, several hundred funerary monuments were built and the Palmyrenes decorated their tombs with numerous portraits. The most common of these are the loculus reliefs that depicted Palmyra's men, women, and children, and were used to close off the niches in tombs behind which the dead were buried. Between AD 50 and AD 273, these stone slabs were produced in sufficient numbers to make Palmyra home to the largest corpus of funerary portraits outside Rome itself. This volume offers a fresh and nuanced analysis of Palmyrene funerary reliefs and their production in order to shed light not just on the people they depicted, but on the individuals responsible for their creation. Across a range of different case studies, the author explores the making of single portraits from the local limestone, examining how Palmyrene carvers worked, the techniques they used, the tools they employed, the ways in which style and technique changed over time, and the mode of production that was in place. Furthermore, the workshops' organization, the interaction between carvers and customers, and their influence on the portraits are explored. In doing so, the volume offers not just a detailed study of limestone carving and the techniques that underpinned Palmyra's famous portraits, but also offers a significant contribution to wider research on funerary portraiture of the city and in Roman Syria. TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Palmyrene Graves and the Placement of the Reliefs Chapter 3: The Toolset of the Palmyrene Carvers Chapter 4: The Chronological Development of the Toolset Chapter 5: Palmyra's Economy: Producing Loculus Reliefs Chapter 6: Palmyrene Customers: Ordering and Buying a Loculus Relief Chapter 7: The Palmyrene Workshops and Craftspeople Chapter 8: Regional and Transregional Comparisons Chapter 9: Conclusion Bibliography Catalogue of Studied Loculus Reliefs Appendix I. Size of Loculus Reliefs Appendix II. Tool Traces Appendix III. Additional Elements Index
