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Palmyrene Sarcophagi
, Brepols, 2023 Hardback, 2 vols, 1003 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:722 b/w, 95 col., 1 tables b/w., 2 maps b/w, 9 maps color, Language: English. ISBN 9782503604664.
Summary While the funerary portraiture of Palmyra is rightly world-renowned, up to now, the corpus of sarcophagi from the ancient city has received relatively little attention as a cohesive group in their own right. Comprising sarcophagi, banqueting reliefs and founder reliefs, as well as sarcophagus reliefs, most of these objects share a common iconographic motif, that of the banquet, although other scenes, mostly drawn from the daily life of the city's caravan leaders and their families, also appear. The emphasis on the banqueting scene in particular reveals the crucial importance of dining in ancient Palmyrene society: for the living, banquets were a marker of social standing and gave hosts a chance to honour the gods and offer an ephemeral benefaction to their fellow citizens, while for the dead, the banquet motif offered the opportunity for the entire family to be depicted together and showcase their wealth and sophistication, as well as their connections outside the city. This single corpus of material gathered through the Palmyra Portrait Project, is presented in this beautifully illustrated two-volume monograph. Through careful analysis of the portraits, and the costumes and attribute choices that appear in these images, the authors explore how the sarcophagi were used by Palmyrenes to project an image of local pride, while at the same time participating in the visual cultures of the Roman and Parthian Empires between which their city was situated. TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 1 List of Figures Colour Plates Acknowledgements Chapters 1. Palmyra and its Funerary Sphere 2. The Portrait Habit in Palmyra and the Funerary Sphere 3. Dated Objects 4 In situ Contexts 5. Iconography Appendix: The Costume of Reclining Figures 6. Conclusion: Sarcophagi as Vehicles of Elite Identity Works Cited Catalogue Dated by Inscription (Cat. 1-12) Objects from Tower Tombs (Cat. 13-59) Objects from Hypogea (Cat. 60-179) Objects from Temple Tombs (Cat. 180-277) Credits Text Image Credits Catalogue Image Credits Volume 2 Colour Plates Catalogue Objects with Indication of General Context (Cat. 278-288) Sarcophagi with No Known Provenance or from Secondary Contexts (Cat. 289-444) Sarcophagi Reliefs (Cat. 445-450) Fragments from either Sarcophagus Lids or Boxes (Cat. 451-476) Possible Sarcophagus Fragments (Cat. 477-488) Heads from Sarcophagi (Cat. 489-683) Banqueting Reliefs (Cat. 684-729) Appendix 1. Lost Dated Reliefs Appendix 2. Lost Reliefs from Tower Tombs Appendix 3. Lost Reliefs from Temple Tombs Appendix 4. Marble Sarcophagi from Attica Appendix 5. Sarcophagi without Portraits Appendix 6. Objects Known Only through Publications Appendix 7. Reliefs with Frame, without Portraits Credits Catalogue Image Credits
Archival Historiographies. The Impact of Twentieth-Century Legacy Data on Archaeological Investigations
, Brepols, 2022 Paperback, xii + 180 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:142 b/w, 4 col., 1 tables b/w., 2 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503600185.
Summary Archives held in institutions around the world hold a wealth of material but traditionally, the fields of Classical and ancient Near Eastern archaeology have been slow to make use of such legacy data in their investigations. In recent years, however, this trend has begun to change, and scholars increasingly recognize the importance of archival material to their research. Drawing directly on these trends, this volume offers the first in-depth analysis of what it means to engage in archive archaeology and how it can influence understandings of both the ancient world and the recent past. Excavation historiographies and the formation of archaeological archives in the twentieth century are investigated in locations from across the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, with current understanding of sites such as Dura Europos or Palmyra being fundamentally reassessed in the light of the archival material. Crucially, the volume contributions gathered here look to the future as well as to the past: archives are acknowledged as essential to cultural heritage preservation and restitution initiatives, and chapters explore best practices, as well as presenting some of the manifold potentials of archive and legacy data to future research. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations 1. Introduction OLYMPIA BOBOU, AMY MIRANDA, and RUBINA RAJA 2. Going Backwards to Move Forwards: Archive Archaeology and the Provenance of the Pottery from the House of the Frescoes at Knossos EMILIA ODDO 3. Herbert J. Gute and the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos LISA R. BRODY 4. Digital Archaeological Archives 2.0: Answering Past Critiques with Linked Open Data (LOD) ANNE HUNNELL CHEN 5. The Gerasa Archives at the Yale University Art Gallery: Exploring the Archives of the Anglo-American Excavations of 1928-1930 and 1930-1934 LISA BRODY and RUBINA RAJA 6. Harald Ingholt's Fieldwork Diaries: Legacy Data of the Early Twentieth Century RUBINA RAJA and JULIA STEDING 7. The Ingholt Archive: The Impact of Archives on Palmyrene Studies and Syrian Cultural Heritage Preservation AMY MIRANDA and RUBINA 8. Perspectives on Funerary Sculpture from Roman Palmyra through the Harald Ingholt Archive DITTE KVIST JOHNSON and AMY MIRANDA 9. Digital Treatment of Paul Collart's Archives on the Temple of Baalshamîn: Challenges and Results (2018-2021) PATRICK M. MICHEL 10. Archive Archaeology at the Forschungsstelle Asia Minor, University of Münster: The Untapped Potential of the Dörner Archive MICHAEL BLÖMER and EMANUELE E. INTAGLIATA 11. The Site of the Archive: Responsibility and Rhetoric in Archival Archaeology of the Middle East J. A. BAIRD Index.
Harald Ingholt, Olympia Bobou (ed), Jesper Vestergaard Jensen (ed), Nathalia Breintoft Kristensen (ed), Rubina Raja (ed), Rikke Randeris Thomsen (ed)
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Studies on Palmyrene Sculpture. A Translation of Harald Ingholt's Studier over Palmyrensk Skulptur, Edited and with Commentary
, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, xxiv + 562 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:554 b/w, 7 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503591247.
Summary This volume presents the first English translation of Harald Ingholt's seminal work Studier over Palmyrensk Skulptur, together with a number of studies that contextualize this important volume in the light of current research. Almost a century after its publication in 1928, Ingholt's ground-breaking Danish-language monograph remains essential reading for all scholars of Palmyrene archaeology and iconography, setting out observations on the typology and style of securely dated Palmyrene portraits, and establishing a stylistic and chronological sequence that remains in use today. Included alongside the translation of Ingholt's writings are contributions by leading scholars in the field who seek to introduce Harald Ingholt and explore the impact of his work in Palmyra, as well as presenting a survey of all the portraits from Palmyra that can be securely dated by inscription. The translation and commentary have been realized as part of the Palmyra Portrait Project, directed by Prof. Rubina Raja. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Figures Acknowledgements Notes to the Reader Preface: An Introduction from the Ingholt-Underdown Family - HAROLD UNDERDOWN Harald Ingholt and Palmyrene Sculpture: Continuing a Lifelong Relationship a Century Later - RUBINA RAJA A Brief Note on Harald Ingholt - as I Remember Him - PEDER MORTENSEN Studier over Palmyrensk Skulptur (Studies on Palmyrene Sculpture) - HARALD INGHOLT (Translated by HEIDI FLEGAL) Figures Concordance A: Locations of Objects Concordance B: Inscriptions Appendix 1. Collecting Then and Now - OLYMPIA BOBOU and RIKKE RANDERIS THOMSEN Appendix 2. Acquisition Histories Appendix 3. Dated Palmyrene Objects Publications by Harald Ingholt Palmyra Portrait Project Publications
Ingholt Archive The Palmyrene Material, Transcribed with Commentary and Bibliography 4 vols.
, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2023 hardcover; 4 vols, 1954 pages, Size:300 x 240 mm, Illustrations:8 b/w, 2111 col., 8 tables b/w. Language(s):English. ISBN 9782503598222.
SUMMARY For a period of over 50 years, from his first visit to Palmyra in the 1920s until the late 1970s, Danish archaeologist Harald Ingholt carefully collected and curated a detailed archive of Palmyrene sculpture, architecture, and epigraphy. Containing approximately 2000 images, each archive sheet contains handwritten annotations on Palmyrene funerary art, transcribes and translates inscriptions, includes detailed observations on object style and dating, and provides bibliographical information for each sculpture. As such, this archive is a treasure trove of information on Palmyrene sculpture, architecture, and epigraphy. Moreover, Ingholt?s notes go beyond shedding light on the creation of these sculptures, and also provide rich information about their more recent histories: object biographies offer details on provenance, collection history, and excavation photography. In doing so, they offer unique insights into twentieth-century excavation, conservation, and collection practices. Since 1983, Ingholt?s archive has been housed at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, Denmark, and then, from 2012 onwards, the archive took digital shape within the framework of the Palmyra Portrait Project at Aarhus University. Now available in print for the first time, the Ingholt Archive is here presented in its entirety as a lavishly illustrated four-volume set. The authors have transcribed and commented upon each sheet in the archive, provided new translations of the inscriptions that accompany the sculptures, and compiled an updated bibliography for each item. This unique set is published together with a detailed introduction, thirteen concordances, and a bibliography, making it an invaluable resource for researchers in the field.
