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Oppert, M. J.
L'ÉTALON DES MESURES ASSYRIENNES Fixé Par Les Textes Cunéiformes
Pages are uncut. Small piece missing from top of spine cover. Light foxing. ; Extrait du journal asiatique (Août-septembre 1972 et octobre-novembre 1874). Texte en français. ; 90 pages
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Kennedy, David L. & P. Foss, J. H. Humphrey (Eds. )
THE ROMAN ARMY IN THE EAST With Contributions by D. Braund, E. Dabrowa, J. Eadie, P. Freeman, S. Gregory, B. Isaac, D. Kennedy, N. Pollard, D. Potter, A. Rushworth, E. Wheeler, C. Whittaker & R. Ziegler
Light soiling to boards. One single institution stamp "Library US Naval Academy" stamped to top of textblock-- no other ex-library markings. Minor shelfwear. ; Articles: Roman army in the East; Where are the frontiers now? ; River Frontiers in the environmental psychology of the Roman World; Emperors, their borders and their neighbours: the scope of imperial mandata; Parthia and Rome: Eastern perspectives; Annexation of Arabia and imperial Grand Strategy; Civic coins and imperial campaigns; one hundred years of rebellion: the eastern army in politics, AD 175-272; Eusebius and the geography of Roman provinces; Was there an eastern origin for the design of late Roman fortifications? Some problems for research on forts of Rome's eastern frontier; roman army as "total Institution" in the Near East? Dura-Europos as a case study; Laxity of Syrian legions; commanders of Syrian Legions (1st to 3rd c. AD) ; North african deserts and mountains: comparisons and insights. ; Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series; Vol. 18; 1 x 11.5 x 9 Inches; 320 pages
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Blegen, Carl W. ; Marion Rawson; Mabel L. Lang; Lord William Taylour, William P. Donovan
THE PALACE OF NESTOR AT PYLOS IN WESTERN MESSENIA Volume I: the Buildings and Contents. Part 1, Text & Part 2, Plates; Volume II: the Frescoes. Volume III: Acropolis and Lower Town, Tholoi and Grave Circle, Chamber Towbs, Discoveries Outside the Citadel.
All volumes have dust jackets except Vol II ( The Frescoes by Mabel L Lang) There is some very light foxing throughout each of the volumes, and there is some light chipping and minor tears and wear to the jackets, but this is a nicely preserved set otherwise of this scarce and important work. ; 3 volumes in 4 parts as issued: Volumes I-III complete. ; 3 Volumes in 4 Parts; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Textually complete with all plates and illustrations called for. This massive work on Nestor's Palace was compiled following its excavation by the University of Cincinnati in the 1950s. Nestor was a figure immortalized by Homer, and his palace is believed to date back to 13000 B. C. It remained covered by an olive grove until the excavation, and this work details all of the finds, including tablets, seals and frescoes, etc.
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Paul, George MacKay & Michael Ierardi (eds.)
ROMAN COINS AND PUBLIC LIFE UNDER THE EMPIRE E. Togo Salmon Papers II
Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 0.72 x 9.48 x 6.2 Inches; 216 pages; Roman coins often shed light on Roman public life and society through the legends, portraits, and images they bear. The papers collected in this volume were originally presented at the Second E. Togo Salmon Conference on Roman Studies. The eight contributors are specialists in Roman coins or Roman history and in the relations between them. Coins are a unique source of information about the Roman world. In the case of the Roman Empire they were issued by or with the approval of the ruling power. The representations and legends they show therefore present an official view of contemporary affairs. The coins themselves, minted for official purposes such as paying the army, when studied carefully can help reconstruct official policies. They can also occasionally reveal what monuments now lost may have looked like. It is not infrequent to come across pleas that the ancient historian should make more frequent use of numismatic evidence. These essays make clear that efforts are being made both by numismatists and by historians to bring the two disciplines together. At the same time the papers reveal that the task is by no means a straightforward one. The survival of Roman coins is variable, and so attempts to reconstruct the size and distribution of issues calls for skilled and experienced analysis. This collection of papers provides evidence for the kind of deductions that the historian may make from Roman coins as well as the illustrations of the pitfalls that await the unwary. Those interested in Roman history, amateur coin collectors, and professional numismatists will all find much here to widen their knowledge of the public context of Roman coins. Contributors: William E. Metcalf, P. Bruun, Barbara Levick, R. P. Duncan-Jones, Anthony Barrett, Duncan Fishwick, C. E. King, Andrew Burnett.
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Sallaberger, Walther; U. Seidl & G. Wilhelm
ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR ASSYRIOLOGIE Und Vorderasiatische Archäologie. Band 91 - I. Halbband 2001
The Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie publishes papers and reviews from the field of Ancient Eastern Philology (languages covered include Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite, Hurrian, Elamite) , and religious, legal, economic and social history, together with Middle Eastern archaeology and art history. The main geographical areas covered are Mesopotamia, Northern Syria, Anatolia, Ancient Armenia and Elam, i. E. Areas in which cuneiform script was used at certain periods; some attention is also paid to more remote fringe areas. The period covered encompasses the fourth to first millenia B. C. The review section deals primarily with monographs; edited volumes and festschrifts mainly receive short reviews. ; Vol. 91; 160 pages; Articles: New Light on the Hydrology and Topography of Southern Babylonia in the Third Millennium; A multiple Month Account from the Gu'abba Rest House; Das Onomastikon der Beamten am neubabylonischen Ebabbar-tempel in Sippar; Das Ringen um das richtige Bild des Samas von Sippar; Buchbesprechungen.
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Lewis, Naphtali
ROMAN PRINCIPATE: 27 B.C. - 285 B.C.
Dustjacket has shelfwear and moderate rubbing. Dustjacket has chipping and a few small tears. ; Greek Historical Documents; 149 pages; A collection of Greek public and private documents of the Roman Period either preserved on stone/bronze or on papyrus or on ostraca. Representative samples have been culled along with selections from lesser known authors of the period. Texts are in English.
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Hammond, N.G.L.
STUDIES IN GREEK HISTORY A Companion Volume to a History of Greece to 322 B. C.
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Tape residue on the front and back covers. ; 590 pages; Contents: The Origins of some Mycenaean rulers; The Arrival of Greek Speech in the southern Balkans; The Impulses which Started the Dorian Invasion; The Creation of Classical Sparta; Land and Society in the Athens of Solon; The Chronological Basis of Solon's Reforms; The Campaign and the Battle of Marathon; The Battle of Salamis; The Organization of the Athenian alliance against Persia; Problems of Command in fifth-Century Athens; Personal Freedom and its Limitations in Aeschylus' Oresteia; The Main road from Beoetia to the Peloponnese; Naval Operations off Corcyra; Military Operations in Amphilochia; Diodorus' Narrative of the Third Sacred War; The Victory of Macedon at Chareronea;
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Stenico, Arturo
ROMAN AND ETRUSCAN PAINTING
Bottom corner is taped. Minor edgewear. Minor creasing to wraps. ; 176 pages of plates. ; Compass History of Art
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Fine, John V. A.
THE ANCIENT GREEKS A Critical History
Minor shelfwear. Small chip along foreedge. Minor edgewear. ; 1.46 x 9.2 x 5.98 Inches; 736 pages; An esteemed teacher offers a major reassessment of the history of Greece from prehistoric times to the rise of Alexander. This is a work of prodigious scholarship written in grand style. John Fine surveys the archaeological work that has revealed so much about the civilization of Crete and Mycenaean Greece, and discusses the age of colonization during which Greek colonies were established from the Crimea to the Nile, from the Caucasus to Spain. Analyzing social and economic developments, as well as foreign and inter-city affairs, he assesses the history, culture, and democracy of Athens, and Sparta's institutions and military exploits; recounts the Greeks' relations and then war with the Persian empire; details alliances, struggles, and the varying fortunes of the Greek city-states; and relates the rise of Macedon. Fine treats the Greeks' story in the context of events elsewhere in the eastern Mediterranean. Throughout he indicates the nature of the evidence on which our present knowledge is based, masterfully explaining the problems and pit-falls in interpreting ancient accounts. The Ancient Greeks is a splendid narrative history and a refreshing reinterpretation that will please students of ancient history, and everyone interested in early civilizations.
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Richardson, Ernest Cushing
BIBLICAL LIBRARIES A Sketch of Library History from 3400 B. C. to A. D. 150
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Inner hinges are cracked exposing webbing. Chipping and small tears to spine ends and corners. Plates have been embossed with library name. ; 0.72 x 8.5 x 5.5 Inches; 252 pages
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Weisberg, David B.
TEXTS FROM THE TIME OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR Including 21 Plates by Raymond P. Dougherty
Minor rubbing to boards. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; Regarding the dating: most of the texts copied were written from 605 to 581 B. C. This is equivalent to years 0 (Accession) to 24 of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II. However, the texts in this volume do not exhaust the number of texts from the years in either the Yale or the Nies collections. ; Yale Oriental Series Babylonian Texts; 1 x 12 x 9 Inches; 288 pages
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Keiser, Clarence Elwood
NEO-SUMERIAN ACCOUNT TEXTS FROM DREHEM
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Top corner is bumped. Minor shelfwear. ; Introduction and indices by Shin Theke Kang. Contains six hundred and twenty-seven economic texts from the Drehem archive dating to the time of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Presents many additional materials for the study of the chronology, onomasticon, geography, religion, culture, and economic and social structure of the Ur III period. ; Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies; 0.77 x 11.78 x 8.78 Inches; 192 pages
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Clay, Albert C. , & Clarence E. Keiser
BABYLONIAN RECORDS IN THE LIBRARY OF J. PIERPONT MORGAN. PART III. CUNEIFORM BULLAE OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM B. C.
SEx-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and traces of removed pocket. Edgewear to corners and spine ends. Corners are bumped. Titlepage has institution name perforated. Mild browning to prelims. ; Extensive transcribed and photographed cuneiform inscriptions from the time of the Ur Dynasty, of which the reigns of Dungi, Bur-Sin, Gimil-Sin and Ibi-Sin are represented. A number belong to the time of the First Dynasty of Babylon. ; Vol. 3; 50 pages
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Bol, Peter C.
FORSCHUNGEN ZUR VILLA ALBANI Katalog Der Antiken Bildwerke Bd.5. in Den Gärten Oder Auf Gebäuden Aufgestellte Skulpturen Sowie Die Masken
In German. ; Vol. 5
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Hannestad, Niels
ROMAN ART AND IMPERIAL POLICY
Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. 2 small tears to cloth at head and heel of spine. ; A look at the Architecture, coins, friezes, statuary and frescoes and how the Romans cleverly used these forms to disseminate their ideals and how this influenced Rome's development from republic to an empire. ; Jutland Archaeological Society publications; 485 pages
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Santucci, Ennio; Mario Moretti & Anna Maria Sgubini Moretti
LA VILLA DEI VOLUSII A LUCUS FERONIAE
Minor chip to cloth at middle of spine and lower spine else Fine. ; This is the most fascinating of journeys, through time. Today's main roads and rest areas follow the same communication routes used by the ancient Romans. In 1962 work was stopped on the Autosole motorway (Milan - Naples) just outside Rome following the discovery of a unique archaeological find, Villa dei Volusii. The company contributed to the recovery of the site in cooperation with the Archaeology Service for Southern Etruria and other archaeologists. Villa dei Volusii dates from the 1st century BC although the remains are part of a far larger archaeological site, Lucus Feroniae. ; 79 pages; In Italian.
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Kähler, Heinz
THE ART OF ROME AND HER EMPIRE
Former owner's bookplate on ffep. Slight discoloration to small section of boards. Small chip to base of spine. ; Revised Edition. ; Art of the World; 256 pages
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Ridgway, David & Francesca (eds.)
ITALY BEFORE THE ROMANS The Iron Age, Orientalizing and Etruscan Periods
Former owner's name on inner cover. Very minor shelfwear to book. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Very light edgewear to extremities of DJ. ; 542 pages; Spans the period between the emergence of Italy from its Bronze Age to the height of the ensuing Iron Age-- and beyond, to the contemporaries of the fifth-century Athenians and of the Celts in Europe. Contributors examine the nature and importance of the many transformations that took place in this period: population growth, diversification of the economy, expansion of the market system, urbanization, the hardening of differences in social class-- and between North and south Italy, changing attitudes to wealth and to material resources generally, the evolution of art and sculpture, architecture and town planning, the role of religion and linguistic developments.
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Luschey, Heinz
RECHTS UND LINKS Untersuchungen Über Bewegungsrichtung, Seitenordnung Und Höhenordnung Als Elemente Der Antiken Bildsprache
Minor creasing along top of DJ. Minor rubbing to DJ. ; 131 pages; Das von Heinz Luschey (3. 12. 1910 -1.1. 1992) selbst gewählte Thema hat den Verfasser ein Leben lang begleitet. Doch seine Fragestellungen sind immer noch aufregend und ganz und gar nicht überholt. Heinz Luschey sagte dazu: "Das Bildmaterial ist nicht so sehr neu, es ist aber neu gesehen"; oder: "... Denn in der Bewegungsrichtung allein der Gestalten schon liegt etwas, was außer J. D. Beazley eigentlich niemand in unserer Wissenschaft gesehen hat. Wer sieht schon das Einfache?" Bernhard Schweitzer, der damalige Ordinarius für Klassische Archäologie in Tübingen, habilitierte Heinz Luschey mit dieser Arbeit und schloß sein Gutachten vom 22. 12. 1955 mit der Formulierung: "in summa: ein sehendes Auge und ein produktives Denken, Verantwortung vor Wissenschaft und Sprache, didaktische Begabung, endlich die Erfahrung und die Sicherheit eines reifen Gelehrten stehen hinter der vorgelegten Arbeit. " Karl Schefold, Klassischer Archäologe aus Basel, meinte 1993 dazu: "Als hervorragender Kenner der griechischen und römischen, aber auch der fernöstlichen und alt-orientalischen Kunst und mit seinem feinen Sinn für die Form des Kunstwerks hat er dieses Problem in einen weltgeschichtlichen Zusammenhang gestellt. " Und Heinz Gaube, Orientalist aus Tübingen: "Nun liegt die Arbeit technisch auf den wissenschaftlich neuesten Stand gebracht vor. Ich schrieb "technisch" (d. H. Die Anmerkungen) , denn inhaltlich ist an diesem Wurf nichts zu ändern. Die Arbeit ist ein "Klassiker" und kann in dieser Art von niemandem wiederholt werden. "
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Dalton, O. M.
TREASURE OF THE OXUS With Other Examples of Early Oriental Metal-Work
Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and tears. Small piece of DJ missing at head of spine (1cm) and top corners. Minor shelfwear to book. ; 75 pages; The splendid hoard of gold and silver ware called 'The Treasure of the Oxus' is one of the treasures of the British Museum. It also forms a major item in any study of Achaemenid art. The Oxus Treasure remains unique and unsurpassed. Also appended is a valuable catalogue of other examples of early Iranian/Persian, mostly Sassanian, metalwork in the Museum.
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Pontificum Institutum Biblicum De Urbe
CODEX HAMMURABI + TABULAE GRAMMATICAE ASSYRIAE (IN USUM SCHOLAE) Textus Primigenius Transcriptio, Translatio Latina, Vocabularia, Tabula Comparationis Inter Leges Mosis Et Hammurabi
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and institution bookplate on ffep. Pocket has been removed from back ffep. Triangle hole to back fep. Minor browning to a few pages. Minor edgewear. Chipping to heel of spine. ; Both texts are bound together in boards. Codex of Hammurabi has Cuneiform text followed by Latin transcription of cuneiform with translation into latin. Includes Babylonian/Assyrian-English glossary. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; The Code of Hammurabi (also known as Codex Hammurabi) is one of the earliest and best preserved law codes from ancient Babylon, created ca. 1760 BC (middle chronology). It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi.
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Vercoutter, Jean
LES OBJETS ÉGYPTIENS ET ÉGYPTISANTS DU MOBILIER FUNÉRAIRE CARTHAGINOIS
Minor rippling to back plates. Former owner's bookplate on ffep. Minor browning to pages and wraps. Small piece of back upper corner missing. Minor chipping to head and heel of spine. Tears along edges of base and head of spine cover but book is still solid and intact. Pages uncut. ; Ouvrage publie avec le concours de l'Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (Fondation de Clercq) ; Bibliothèque Archéologique Et Historique. Tome XL; 97pp, 37 figures, 936 images on 29 plates. Looks at Egyptian objects found during excavations of Carthage.
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McCown, Donald Eugene
THE COMPARATIVE STRATIGRAPHY OF EARLY IRAN
Small tear at top rear near spine. Minor soiling to wraps. Shelfwear. ; The book was the basis of a 1941 doctoral dissertation under Prof. A. T. Olmsted. It “is not a primer of Iranian archaeology, but a study of the divisions of the excavated sites into phases and periods and of the temporal relationship of these phases and periods in Iran to one another and to the established Mesopotamian sequence”. Chapters cover: The Earliest Cultures of Northeastern IranThe Buff-Ware CultureMesopotamian RelationshipsThe Stratification of Susa through the Early Dynastic PeriodThe Relative Date of the Tombs in the Musyan AreaThe Culture of the Zagros during the Early Dynastic PeriodFars after the Ubaid PeriodNorthwestern IranLater Cultures of Northeastern Iran ; The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization; Vol. 23; 65 pages
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Muller, Frank G. J. M.
THE SO-CALLED PELEUS AND THETIS SARCOPHAGUS IN THE VILLA ALBANI
Iconological Studies in Roman Art , No Iconological Studies in Roman Art , No 1; 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 Inches; 179 pages; In this iconological study, the author demonstrates the invalidity of the current interpretation of the relief on the so-called Peleus and Thetis sarcophagus in the Villa Albani in Rome, an interpretation which goes back to Winckelmann. By applying a modern art-historical method, he arives at a fundamentally new interpretation. It becomes clear that the splendid sarcophagus in the Villa Albani is highly characteristic of ‘academic’ art of the Hadrianic era. The unique nature of the representation on the Albani sarcophagus, which consists mainly of allegorical figures, makes it an excellent point of entry for the interpretation of mythological scenes applied in a funerary context.
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Hoffmann, Herbert & A. E. Raubitschek (coll.)
EARLY CRETAN ARMORERS With the Collaboration of A. E. Raubitschek
57 pp of plates; Fogg Art Museum Monographs in Art and Archaeology; 69 pages; Some Contents: Descriptive Catalog; Inscriptions; The Technique; Related finds of Cretan Armor; Some Groupings; Representations; Chronology; Appendices: A Mitra inscribed with a Law; The cuirasses of the 'Olympia Group'; Metallographic Examination of Some Fragments of Cretan Bronze Armor from Afrati.
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Hanfmann, George Maxim Anossov & Nancy H. Ramage
SCULPTURE FROM SARDIS The Finds through 1975
Cloth is slightly faded. Light discoloration to spine. Small frayed spot at top of spine. ; Archaeological Exploration of Sardis; 322 pages; This book provides an account of the city of Sardis and its stone sculptures in the Prehistoric, Lydian and Persian period.
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Seltman, Charles Theodore
MASTERPIECES OF GREEK COINAGE Essay and commentary
Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing to extremities. ; 127 pages
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Wheeler, Mortimer
EARLY INDIA AND PAKISTAN To Ashoka. Revised Edition.
DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket has minor edgewear and rubbing. 1 closed tear to DJ. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, and pocket. ; 241pp, 57 photographs, 25 line drawings 7 maps, ; Ancient Peoples and Places; 241 pages; Begins with a discussion of the earliest vestiges of man on the subcontinent, and ends with the advent of a firm historical record at the time of the great Emperor Ashoka, in the third century B. C.
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Wilhelm, Adolf
ATTISCHE URKUNDEN V. Teil
Creasing to front wrap. Light yellowing to wraps. Chipping at base of spine. ; Vorgelegt in der Sitzung am 20. November 1940; Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse; 192 pages
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Laurent, R. & D. Callebaut. ; H. Roosens (Intro. )
L'HABITAT RURAL À L'ÉPOQUE ROMAINE
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Gorgeous large map is intact. Minor shelfwear. ; Cartes Archéologiques De La Belgique 3; 51 pages
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Vogel, Lise
THE COLUMN OF ANTONINUS PIUS
Bump along bottom edge. ; Contents: Modern History of the Column of Antoninus Pius; Free-Standing Column Monument; Apotheosis Relief; Decursio Reliefs; Conclusion: Program, style and Meaning. ; Loeb Classical Monographs; 0.71 x 10.63 x 7.56 Inches; 220 pages
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Knight, Jeremy K.
THE END OF ANTIQUITY Archaeology, Society and Religion AD 235-700
Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Signed Bookplate on ffep: "With best wishes, Jeremy Knight"; 0.8 x 10.04 x 7.1 Inches; 192 pages; A result of several years' exploration and research, Jeremy Knight's first book chronicles the social, religious, and archaeological history behind one of Europe's most fascinating evolutions—a study of the transition from the Classical world to Medieval Europe. ; Signed by Author
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Hunt, Arthur S. & J. Gilbart Smyly & C. C. Edgar (Eds. )
THE TEBTUNIS PAPYRI Volume III Part II
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Corners are bumped. Front corners of book are edge-worn. Light Browning to ffeps. ; The Tebtunis papyri were found in the winter of 1899/1900 at the site of ancient Tebtunis, Egypt. The expedition to Tebtunis, which was led by the British papyrologists Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, was financed for the University of California by Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst. With Four Collotype Plates at end. ; University of California Publications Graeco-Roman Archaeology, Volume IV. Egyptian Exploration Society; 345 pages
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Caldelli, Maria Letizia & Cecilia Ricci
MONUMENTUM FAMILIAE STATILIORUM Un Riesame
A couple of lines on front wrap in pen. Minor shelfwear. Text is clean of any marks. ; Text is in Italian. ; Libitina I; 143 pages
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Frederiksen, Martin (Nicholas Purcell Ed. )
CAMPANIA
Dustjacket has a couple of small chips. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and discoloration. Minor Shelfwear to book. ; Campania is the most fertile part of peninsular Italy. It possesses good harbours and excellent land communications. Its archaeology is rich even by Italian standards, and it is prominent in ancient texts even to the point of notoriety. It is therefore possible to study the complex and important ancient history of the region in considerable depth. ; 368 pages
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Hartley, Brian & John Wacher (Eds. )
ROME AND HER NORTHERN PROVINCES Papers Presented to Sheppard Frere in Honour of His Retirement from the Chair of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, University of Oxford, 1983
Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. Dustjacket has edgewear with light chipping. Former bookshop label on back inner cover else book is fine. ; Papers cover a wide range of subjects taken from the northern provinces of the Roman Empire. ; 313 pages
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Parkin, Tim G.
DEMOGRAPHY AND ROMAN SOCIETY
Former classics scholar's name on ffep. DJ has minor shelfwear. ; Shows how modern demographic tools and techniques can be used to shed new light on the study of Roman society. ; Ancient Society and History; 248 pages
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Bagnall, Roger S. & Alan E. Samuel
OSTRAKA IN THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM II
Book has minor shelfwear and scuffing. ; Systematic publication of ostraka. ; American Studies in Papyrology Volume Fifteen
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Grimes, W. F.
THE EXCAVATION OF ROMAN AND MEDIAEVAL LONDON
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and removed pocket. Call numbers have been covered with black tape on boards. ; Accounts of several major Roman & Mediaeval archaological digs carried out in the post war period. These include the Roman Fort at Cripplegate, London Wall, the Temple of Mithras, several Churches. ; 261 pages; Oversized book -- extra shipping charges outside USA
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Morrison, J. S. & R. T. Williams
GREEK OARED SHIPS 900-322 B.C.
Former owner's embossed seal on ffep and titlepage. Light foxing to textblock. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and small tears now protected in mylar. Light browning to DJ. DJ is price-clipped. ; This book is written in the belief that a proper understanding of Greek civilization in antiquity requires some knowledge of its background of seafaring. A knowledge of nautical practice is required for an understanding of some passages of Greek poetry and prose writing, and for a correct interpretation of numerous historical events. This is an attempt at a thorough study of the evidence, both literary and archaeological. Modern reference books tend to repeat the misconceptions of nineteenth-century scholars. In contrast, Mr Morrison and Mr Williams have written a scholarly and scientific study of the subject. They collect in this volume evidence for Greek oared ships between 900 and 322 BC. The book is primarily a catalogue of decorated pottery and quotations from literature and from naval inventories. The pottery is illustrated by diagrams and plates; and the quotations are given in full. ; 356 pages
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Werbrouck, Marcelle
LE TEMPLE D'HATSHEPSOUT (DE HATSHEPSOUT) A DEIR EL BAHARI
Light browning to wraps. ; Includes 48 plates. ; 137 pages
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Baikie, James
THE SEA-KINGS OF CRETE
Former owner's name on ffep. Pencil underlining and marginalia on a few pages. Chipping to head and heel of spine. Spine is faded. ; With 32 full page illustrations from photographs. Looks at the archaeology, culture and history of Minoan Crete. ; 315 pages
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Meyer, W. (Ed. ) & (G. Fr. Grotefend)
G. FR. GROTEFENDS ERSTE NASCHRICHT VON SEINER ENTZIFFERUNG DER KEILSCHRIFT
Includes unchanged reprint of 1893 article. Introduction in German. Text is in Latin with Cuneiform. ; 44 pages
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Davis, Dr. N
CARTHAGE AND HER REMAINS: Being an Account of the Excavations and Researches on the Site of the Phoenician Metropolis in Africa, and Other Adjacent Places. with Illustrations
Former owner's name from 1864 written on ffep. Map of the northern Portion of Tunis facing page 245 is missing. Map facing page 17 is missing bottom third. Edgeworn corners. Slight fraying to spine ends. Binding a little shaken. Gilt illustration on front cover is faded. Rubbing to boards. With the exception of missing plates--book would be Very Good. ; Conducted under the auspices of her Majesty's Government. ; 504 pages
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Taylour, Lord William
THE MYCENAEANS
Laminate slightly lifting along DJ spine. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear with chipping in a couple of places and rubbing. DJ is price-clipped. ; 66 Photographs, 67 Line Drawings, 4 Maps and 3 tables. Examines the literary and archaeological evidence of the Mycenaean civilization until their decline after the invasion of the Doric tribes in 1300 BC. ; Ancient Peoples and Places; 243 pages
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MacLagan, Michael
THE CITY OF CONSTANTINOPLE
Laminate slightly lifting along DJ spine. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear with a couple of small tears and edgewear to corners as well as light rubbing. DJ is price-clipped. ; 67 Photographs, 22 Line Drawings, 1 map. Discusses the city of Constantinople from the first colonization of the site by the Greeks to about the year 1700, when it was the center of the Ottoman Empire with special emphasis between AD 330 and 1453.; Ancient Peoples and Places; 198 pages
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Cook, J.M. & W.H. Plommer
THE SANCTUARY OF HEMITHEA AT KASTABOS
DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 23pp of photos, 78 figures. "This is an account of the excavation of a Greek sanctuary in the south-west corner of the mainland of Asia Minor opposite Rhodes--once known as the Carian Chersonese. The excavations took place in 1959-1960. This is the first Greek temple of any size uncovered in that part of Asia Minor, and the discovery of the site of Kastabos, whose existence was known from book V of Diodorus' world history, has entailed the re-siting of several ancient towns in the region. The sanctuary itself, whose main buildings date from c. 300 B. C. , was dedicated to the Goddess Hemithea. It adds to our knowledge of a special sort of Greek shrine which was popular in the early Hellenistic age and is a perfect instance of a religious gathering place designed for a short, well attended festival. The excavations show that, although it was an Ionic temple, the style of the great contemporary temples in Ionia (such as that at Ephesus) has been modified and the design is somewhat similar, in plan and proportion, to that of the temple of Epidaurus. In particular, the discovery of a decorative screen with little shrines round the temple area throws new light on Greek architectural complexes." ; 180 pages
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Pelekanidis [Pelekanide/ Pelekanides / Pelekanidi], Stylianos [Stylianou] M.
MELETES PALAIOCHRISTIANIKES [PALAIOCHRISTIANIKIS] KAI VYZANTINES [BYZANTINIS] ARCHAIOLOGIAS / STUDIEN ZUR FRÜHCHRISTLICHEN UND BYZANTINISCHEN ARCHÄOLOGIE
Slight indents to cloth boards. Minor shelfwear. ; Numerous plates. Articles in German and Greek with a few articles in French and Italian. ; 499 pages
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Clarke, Somers & R. Engelbach
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MASONRY The Building Craft
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Top corner slightly bumped. Rubbing to boards and extremities. ; A scarce and important work on the problems of stone construction in Ancient Egypt. ; 242 pages
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Stuart, Villiers
NILE GLEANINGS Concerning the Ethnology, History and Art of Ancient Egypt As Revealed by Paintings and Bas-Reliefs, with Descriptions of Nubia and its Great Rock Temples to the Second Cataract
Ex-library copy with institution plate, call numbers and pocket. Former owner's name Roswell Dwight Hitchcock (August 15, 1817 - June 16, 1887) , American divine, on ffep in ink from 1880. Corners edgeworn. Backstrip has worn away along top and is missing blue cloth along top 2" section of spine. Backstrip is split on both sides. Another former owner has crudely repaired small portion of backstrip with scotch tape. Book is still solid. ; 58 plates, 23 of them tinted. ; 431 pages
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