Ancient Near Eastern Seals from the Kist Collection Three Millennia of Miniature Reliefs |
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| Contribution by:
| Kist, Joost
Collon, Dominique
Wiggermann, F. A. M. |
| Translator:
| Kist, Joost
Collon, Dominique
Wiggermann, F. A. M. |
| Series title: | Culture and History of the Ancient near East Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-13239-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2003 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $132.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionNot 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.