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The polychrome grave stelai from the early Hellenistic necropolis /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Posamentir, Richard
Other Authors: Carter, Joseph Coleman
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Chersonesan studies ; 1.
Subjects:
Chersonese (Extinct city) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Chersonese (Extinct city) > Antiquities.
Fortification > Ukraine > Chersonese (Extinct city)
Towers > Ukraine > Chersonese (Extinct city)
Cemeteries > Ukraine > Chersonese (Extinct city)
Sepulchral monuments > Ukraine > Chersonese (Extinct city)
Inscriptions, Greek > Ukraine > Chersonese (Extinct city)
Sculpture, Hellenistic > Ukraine > Chersonese (Extinct city)
Polychromy > Ukraine > Chersonese (Extinct city)
Stele (Archaeology) > Ukraine > Chersonese (Extinct city)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The polychrome grave stelai from the early Hellenistic necropolis
  • Catalog of stelai
  • Shape and object analysis
  • Painting
  • Grave stelai found in the Tower of Zeno
  • Grave stelai found outside the Tower of Zeno
  • Dating of the stelai from the Tower of Zeno
  • Crownings, bases, naiskoi, and anthropomorphic stones
  • Location and appearance of the necropolis in the Hellenistic period
  • Comparisons with other funerary stelai
  • Conclusion: The necropolis, its destruction, and the Tower of Zeno
  • Specialist studies
  • Analysis of the Tower of Zeno inscriptions / Paula Perlman
  • Pigment analysis / John Twilley.