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2007New English Original cloth bdg. 4to. (30 x 23 cm). 177 p., 1 folding plan. B/w and color ills. In German and Turkish abstract. Contents: Vorwort, Literaturabkürzungen, Einleitung, Baugeschichtliche Untersuchung, Funktion und Verwendung, Bauaufnahme, Methoden und Techniken, Rekonstruktionsvorschlag, Anmerkungen Kapitel, Ausgewahlte Grabungsfunde, Inschriften, Zusammenfassun.
2013New English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In German. 256 p. Color and b/w ills. Contents: 1. Das Kleine Theater. 1.1. Forschungsgeschichte: 1.1.1. Die Grabungen unter Charles Newton. 1.1.2. Die Grabungen unter Leitung von Iris Love. 1.1.3. Die Kampagne des Jahres 2006. 1.2. Baubeschreibung. 1.2.1. Das koilon. 1.2.2. Die Zugänge: parodoi und vomitoria/psalides. 1.2.3. Die orchestra. 1.2.4. skene und proskenion. 1. Bauphase. Untergeschoss mit Tunnelzugängen - Obergeschoss. Datierung des ersten Bühnenhauses. 2. oder spätere Bauphase. Datierung der Restaurierung durch die Knidierin Lykaithion. 1.2.5. Zerstörung und nachantike Nutzung. 1.3. Inschriften und Statuen aus dem Theater. 2. Der Tempeldes Dionysos- Diefrühchristliche Kirche C. 2.1. Forschungsgeschichte. 2.1.1. Die Grabungen unter Charles Newton. 2.1.2. Die Grabungen unter Iris Love. 2.1.3. Neuere Untersuchungen. 2.2. Baubeschreibung. 2.2.1. Die Säulen. 2.2.2. Kapitelle (K1-K4). 2.2.3. Epistyl. 2.2.4. Der figürliche Fries (Blöcke F1-F10). 2.3. Statuenfunde (S1-S3). 2.4. Verbaute und geborgene Inschriften. 2.5. Das Heiligtum des Dionysos. 2.6. Zur Umwandlung des Tempels in eine Kirche 103. 2.7. Exkurs: Lykaithion- Kaiserpriesterin im Dionysoskult? Gabriella Lini: Einige Bemerkungen zur Kirche C und ihrer Bauskulptur. 3. Die Halleim Nordendes Tempels. 3.1. Ausgrabungsgeschichte. 3.2. Baubeschreibung. 3.2.1. Die Anlage der Terrasse und der Stützmauer. 3.2.2. Die ursprüngliche Stoa: Die Hallen des Sostratos? 3.2.2.1. Datierung der ersten Bauphase. 3.2.3. Erneuerung und Ausbau der Halle im 2. Jahrhundert n.Chr. 3.2.3.1. Säulen. 3.2.3.2. Architrav. 3.2.3.3. Fries. 3.2.3.4. Konsolgesims. 3.2.3.5. Die Fassade der Kammern - Opus sectile in Buntmarmor - Die Bauinschrift. 3.2.3.6. Die Exedra des Symmachos. 3.2.4. Der westliche Bereich der Stoa. 3.2.5. Die Dachkonstruktion. 3.3. Die Zerstörung und teilweise Wiederbenutzung. 4. Zusammenfassung: DieTerrassemitdemDionysosheiligtum: Die Hafenagora? 5. FundeausderStoa(Auswahl). 5.1. Statuenbasen mit Inschriften. 5.1.1. Ehreninschrift für das Volk der Rhodier. 5.1.2. Ehreninschrift für den Gymnasiarchen Andronikos. 5.2. Skulpturen. 5.3. Kleinfunde. 5.3.1. Münzen. 5.3.2. Keramik. 5.3.3. Deniz Pastutmaz Sevmen: Stoa'da bulunan kandiller. 5.3.4. Zusammenfassung: Die Lampenfunde aus der Stoa
2014New English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In English, German, and Turkish. 394 p. Color ills. Contents: Vorwort zum Konferenzband Heritage in Context (Martin Bachmann).; Heritage in Context Konferansi Kitabina Önsöz (Martin Bachmann).; Preface (Lucienne Thys-Senocak).; Önsöz (Lucienne Thys-Senocak).; Prologue (Neriman Sahin Güçhan).; Önsöz (Neriman Sahin Güçhan).; Ringbeck, Birgitta / Managementpläne für Welterbestätten - Integrierte Planungs- und Handlungskonzepte für den Kulturerhalt / Dünya Kültür Mirasi Alanlari için Yönetim Planlari - Kültür Mirasinin Korunmasi için Entegre Planlama ve Uygulama Tasarilari.; Müller, Martin - Thomas Otten / Die Colonia Ulpia Traiana. Eine kulturwirtschaftliche und touristische Erfolgsgeschichte Colonia Ulpia Traiana / Kültür Ekonomisi ve Turizm Açisindan Bir Basari Öyküsü.; Biggi, Christian - Ascanio D'Andrea - Paola Pesaresi / Herculaneum: Joining Forces to Secure Heritage Benefits for the Ancient and the Modern Towns / Herculaneum: Antik ve Modern Kentlerin Mirastan Kazanimlarini Korumak için Güçlerin Birlestirilmesi.; Orbasli, Aylin / Arkeolojik Sit Alanlarinda Alan Yönetiminin Bölgesel Kalkinmaya Katkisi: Çatalhöyük ve Ani Örnekleri / The Contribution of Site Management at Archaeological Sites to Regional Development: Case Studies of Çatalhöyük and Ani.; Schmidt, Leo - Anja Merbach / World Heritage in Turkey: Questions and Tasks - Göbekli Tepe as a Case Study / Türkiye'deki Dünya Mirasi: Sorular ve Görevler - Örnek Çalisma olarak Göbekli Tepe.; Eres, Zeynep / Kirklareli Asagi Pinar ve Kanligeçit Kazilarinin 20. Yilinda Koruma ve Alan Yönetimi Çalismalari / Conservation and Site Management Studies in the 20th Year of the Kirklareli Asagi Pinar and Kanligeçit Excavations.; Seeher, Jürgen - Andreas Schachner / Bogazköy / Hattusa - Fifty Years of Restoration and Site Management / Bogazköy / Hattusa - Restorasyon ve Alan Yönetiminin Elli Yiili.; Cellini, Francesco - Segarra Lagunes, Maria Margarita / Archaeology and Project Planning in the Yenikapi Area - Istanbul / Istanbul-Yenikapi Bölgesinde Arkeoloji ve Proje Planlama.; Bachmann, Martin / Die Rote Halle als Schlüsselmonument eines Entwicklungsplans für Bergama / Bergama'ya ait Gelisim Planlarinda Anahtar Yapi olarak Kizil Avlu.; Nohlen, Klaus / Ausbildung von Handwerkern bei der teilweisen Wiederaufrichtung des Traian-Heiligtums in Pergamon / Bergama Trajan Tapinagi'nin Kismi Yeniden insasinda Zanaatkârlarin Egitimi.; Öztürk, Arzu / Restorasyon Uygulamalarinin isiginda Aphrodisias'i Kendi Baglaminda Anlamak / Interpreting Aphrodisias in its own Context from the Aspect of Architectural Restorations.; Korostoff, Neil / Weeds in the Ruins: The Role of Natural Vegetation in the Interpretation and Preservation of Archaeological Sites / Harabelerdeki Otlar: Arkeolojik Yerlesmelerin Yorumlanmasi ve Korunmasinda Dogal Bitki Örtüsünün Rolü.; Taschner, Moritz / Milet - Konservierung, Tourismus und Umweltbedingungen / Milet - Koruma, Turizm ve Çevre Kosullari.; Kabaoglu, Cengiz / Milet Ilyas Bey Külliyesi Projesi / The Miletos Ilyas Bey Complex Project.; Güçhan, Neriman Sahin / Conservation of Relationship between Place and Context Commagene Nemrut Conservation Development Programme / Yer ile Baglam arasindaki iliskinin Korunmasi Kommagene Nemrut Koruma Gelistirme Programi.; Siebrandt, Diane / Saving Iraq's Past: Project Support from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad / Irak'in Geçmisini Kurtarmak: A.B.D. Bagdat Büyükelçiligi'nin Proje Destegi.; Ricci, Alessandra / Interpreting Heritage: Byzantine-Period Archaeological Areas and Parks in Istanbul / Mirasi Yorumlamak: Istanbul'daki Bizans Dönemi'ne Ait Arkeolojik Alanlar ve Parklar.; Göçmen, Duygu - Seçil Tezer / Alan Yönetim Plani Hazirliginda bir Altyapi Araci olarak DAI - MODUL / DAI - MODUL as an Infrastructural Tool in the Preparation of Site Management Plans.
2009New English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (28 x 21,5 cm). B/w ills. [xxii], 380 p. Articles in English, Turkish, German, French, Italian. Contents: Foreword Clemens E. Bosch, Sabahat Atlan ve Nezahat Baydur biyografileri Altinoluk, Sencan / Buyukmenderes (Maiandros) Havzasi Irmak Tanrilari Amandry, Michel / Nouvelles decouvertes de monnaies provinciales en Gaule Arslan, Melih / Orhan Altintuglu Koleksiyonu'ndaki Sinope Drahmi Definesi 2008 Arslan, Murat / Pausanias'in Byzantion Hâkimiyeti ve 'Komplo Teorisi' Baz, Ferit / Uberlegungen zu zwei Munzen aus Hierapolis in Kappadokien und dem dortigen Ma-Kult Bursa, Pinar / Eskicag'da Pamphylia Bolgesinde Balik ve Balikcilik Butcher, Kevin / The Euphrates Frontier and the Civic Era of Zeugma Casabonne, Olivier / De la Cappadoce à la Cilicie: deux notes anatoliennes Corsten, Thomas / Zwei Inschriften zur fruhen Geschichte von Kibyra Celgin, Ahmet Vedat / Termessos Teritoryumu, Rudolf Heberdey ve Bir Toponim Onerisi Hakkinda Degerlendirmeler (Heberdey'in "Klaros"u Gercekten Yer Adi mi?) Cizmeli Ogun, Zeynep / Fare, Veba ve Apollon. Bir Kutsal Alanin Kurulus Soylence Ikonografisi Delrieux, Fabrice / Un monnayage rare d'Asie mineure occidentale: Les petits bronzes d'Harpagion en Mysie Donmez-Ozturk, Filiz / Konig Adaios und seine zwei Munzen mit dem motiv Kypsela oder Kotyle Eck, Werner / Rekrutierung fur das Romische Heer in den provinzen Kleinasiens: Das Zeugnis der Militärdiplome Ergin, Gurkan / Orbis Romanum and the Isaurians Erol, Aliye / Burdur Arkeoloji Muzesi'ndeki Bronz Amyntas Sikkeleri Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang / Ein Kistophor von Halikarnassos Gokyildirim, Turan / Gec Roma Solidus Definesi (2001) Karwiese, Stefan / Die Ephesische Munzprägung unter Macrinus Keles, Vedat / Parth Sikkelerinde Gorulen Kulturel Ozellikler Konuk, Koray / Erbbina in Caria? Koker, Huseyin / Yeni Bir Aspendos Bronz Sikkesi Koyagasioglu, Orkan / Zeus Kesbelios Kult Alani ve Selge Sikkelerine Yansimasi Lenger, Dincer Savas / A Proposito del Grifone sulle Monete d'Asia Minore Lightfoot, Christopher S. / An Important Group of Late 7th-Century Coins from Amorium Malay, Hasan - Marijana Ricl / Two New Inscriptions Recording Constructions in Dioshieron or Hypaipa Martini, Rodolfo / Monetatizone Bronzea Orientale di Augustus tra Emissioni Imperiali, Coniazioni Provinciali e Produzioni Locali: i "Sesterzi" della Lycia ed "Dupondi" (?) Della Serie AVGV / STVS (Asia Minor) Alla Luce di Nuove Analisi Metallografiche Meadows, Andrew R. / The Hellenistic Silver Coinage of Clazomenae Moorhead, Sam / Early Byzantine Copper Coins Found in Britain - A Review in Light of New Finds Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme Nolle, Johannes / Die Taurische Artemis im Tauros: Zeugnisse und Uberlegungen zum Artemiskult von Termessos in Pisidien Oztopbas, Sedat / Istanbul Arkeoloji Muzeleri Koleksiyonundan Stephanephoroi Define Parcasi Ozturk, Huseyin Sami / MO III. Yuzyildan MO I. Yuzyilin Baslarina Kadar Dogu Akdeniz ve Kucuk Asya'nin Guney Kiyilarinda Korsanlik/Haydutluk Psoma, Selene / Agathokles Son of Lysimachos in Thrace and Asia Minor: The Numismatic Evidence Sayar, Mustafa H. / Marcus Annius Verus Spoerri-Butcher, Marguerite / Magnesie du Meandre et Dionysos: À propos d'une addition au RPC VII Sahin, Sencer / Patara Deniz Feneri: Elestiriye Elestiri Tolga, Ahmet / 1971-2002 Yillari Arasinda Arykanda Kazilarinda Bulunan Pamphylia Bolgesine Ait Sikkeler Tekin, Oguz / A Hellenistic Hoard of Lysimachean Bronze Coins with Tyche and Lion Type Vismara, Novella / Coni Rilavorati e Produzione Monetale: L'Organizzazione delle Officine Monetali della Lycia tra il VI ed il IV Secolo a.C.: Una Possibile Documentazione Materiale Yagiz, Oya / Thrak Krali Kotys'e (MÖ 178-168) ait ender görülen iki sikke.
ref. 64005Firenze, A. Banti Editore 1980, 260x185mm, XIII- 329pagine, legatura del editore in tela. Bellissimo stato.
1842ref. AUB-310La Chaux-de-Fonds 1842. Exemplaire relié, 27x20, 102 pages avec introduction, errata,table. Traces d'usage et rousseurs.
ref. 1391181557.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1997New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (25 x 22 cm). In English. 220 p., 310 p. b/w ills. "The dome is almost synonymous with mosque architecture in the Islamic world. Sinan, the great Ottoman architect, devoted his career to perfect the synthesis. After nearly four and a half centuries many of Sinan's domed mosques still dominate their quarters in Istanbul and enjoy continued reverence. This book introduces buildings enmeshed with their environment or urban texture (site plan offer topographical information) highlighted against the socio-religious background of the era, emerging from the backdrop of the historic framework. Building after building allows us today to scrutinize questions that continue to confort architects of all times.".
ref. 11491 Broché, couverture imprimée d'édition. En partie non coupé, frais. 16,6 x 13 cm, 244 p. + XXII pl. dépl. Paris, Tardy, 1951.
ref. 11491 Broché, couverture imprimée d'édition. En partie non coupé, frais. 16,6 x 13 cm, 244 p. + XXII pl. dépl. Paris, Tardy, 1951.
ref. 581377Paris, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1963. In-4 broché, 157 pp., 360 monnaies reprod. en noir à pleine page en taille réelle, index.
1872ref. LFA-126720951Revue de 515 pages, format 145 x 225 mm, brochée, bon état, rare
ref. 13365PARIS, IMP. NATIONALE - 1937 - In-4In-4 Carré - Broché - Nombreuses illustrations NB HT - 118 pages - Intérieur frais.
ref. 50542Maison Florange Claude Burgan, Paris, 1997
ref. 23977PARIS, Editions Recueil Sirey - 1945 - E.O. -Grand In-8 , 17 x 26 cm - 1/2 Reliure havane à coins ((signée Georges Querruel) - Dos à nerfs - Signet - VIII-518 pages, BIEN complet de la Note additionnelle (Iff.) de Novembre 1945 - Très Bon exemplaireReliure signée Georges Querruel, Maître relieur, Premier Artisan de France
1971X + 121 p., 109 planches photographiques hors-texte. (2 kilos) Inv. 13080
2022New English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In English and Turkish. [viii], 251 p., color and b/w ills. Prologue General Information About Numismatics The Need for Coins Numismatics and Its Importance How the First Coins were Minted Images and Inscriptions Types Symbols Legends Countermarks and Punchmarks Raw Materials Units and Standards The Value of a Coin Bronze Coins Counterfeit Coins PHOKAIAN COINS Introduction ARCHAIC AGE PHOKAIAN COINS Archaic Age Phokaian Electrum Coins The First Alloying Term (625/600-522 BC) Coins with the Phokaian Insignia, the Seal Coins with the Griffin and its Interpretation Coins with Animal Images and their Interpretation Coins with the Insignia of Another City Coins with the River God Achelous Coins with Human Image Types Coins With Warrior Heads Coins With Female Heads Evaluation of the First Alloying Term Western Anatolia after the Persian Invasion The Second Alloying Term (522-478 BC) Changing the Alloy Composition The Ionian Revolt and Alliance Coins Coins Minted During the Second Alloying Term (Em. 29-50) Coins with the Seal Image Coins with the Griffin Image Coins with Animal Images Coins with the Insignia of Another City Coins with God and Goddess Images Coins Depicting Religious Festivals and Dances Coins with Warrior and Hero Images Coins with Gorgoneion Images The End of the Second Alloying Term Archaic Age Phokaian Silver Coins The Spread of the Phokaian Culture in the Archaiac Age The establishment of Phokaian colonies Migration Phokaian Coins in the Western Mediterranean CLASSICAL AGE PHOKAIAN COINS Economic and Political Developments Classical Age Phokaian Electrum Coins Overview of the Third Alloying Term Coins Minted in the First Section of the Third Alloying Term (478-387 BC), Em. 51-97 Coins with Animal Images Coins with the Insignia of Another City Coins with Warrior Images Coins with Cybele and Attis Coins with Other Gods and Goddesses Coins Depicting Religious Beliefs and Festivals Coins with Heads of Satraps Linked to Historical Events Coins with Human Heads The Last Persian Domination Period in Phokaia (387-326 BC) Electrum Coins minted in the Second Section of the Third Alloying Term (387-326 BC), Em. 98-112 Coins with Heads of Women, Nymphs and Goddesses Coin with Sappho Coin with Omphale Last Electrum Coins of Phokaia The End of the Electrum Coin Minting in Phokaia Other Subjects Related to the Electrum Coins in Phokaia Why Electrum? Electrum Coin Reverses The Problem of Counterfeit Coins The Value of Phokaian Coins Circulation Zone of Phokaian Coins Classical Age Phokaian Silver Coins Classical Age Phokaian Bronze Coins Phokaian Monetary Agreements The Monetary Agreement Between Phokaia and Mytilene Other Relations that Imply a Monetary Agreement Relations with Cyzicus Relations with Teos Relations with Lampsacus Relations with Erythrae Relations with Velia THE HELLENISTIC AGE Political Developments in Western Anatolia Coin Minting in the Hellenistic Age Raw Materials Types on the Coins Legends on the Coins Union Coins Western Anatolian City States and Their Own Coins Hellenistic Age Phokaian Coins Royal Coins Bronze Coins Coins with Hermes Coins with Athena Coins with Smardos Coins wit
2017New Persian Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Text in Persian; with bilingual title on cover in English and Persian. 141 p. Pre-Islamic coinage of Iran: the Achaemenid to the Sassanid.= Shinâkht-i sikkah'hâ-yi pîsh az Islâm: Az Hakhâmanishî tâ Sâsânî.
1996Fine English Paperback. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In English and Turkish. [10], 208 p. Documents of numismatic importance in the Ottoman archives. Coinage - medals and orders, mints and their administration, mint masters and superintends, stampers of imperial monograms (tugra), counterfeiters etc.= Basbakanlik Devlet Arsivleri Osmanli Arsivi'ndeki nümismatik ile ilgili belgeler katalogu. (Darphaneler, ilgili kuruluslar, madenler, meskûkât, kaime, madalya, nisanlar vb.).
1987Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English and Turkish. 152 p., unnembered and numbered b/w plates. Ottoman coinage during the reigns of Sultan Mehmed Resad and Sultan Mehmed Vahdeddin.= Sultan Mehmed Resad ve Sultan Mehmed Vahdeddin dönemi Osmanli madeni paralari.
2013New English Paperback. 4to. (25 x 20 cm). In English and Turkish. [xvi], 242, [2] p., color ills. The Byzantine Court: Source of Power and Culture. Papers from the Second International Sevgi Gönül Byzantine Studies Symposium. The designation of Istanbul by the European Union's Council of Ministers as the European Capital of Culture for 2010 was instrumental in the decision to focus on Constantinople in the Second International Sevgi Gonul Byzantine Studies Symposium, which was held on 21-23 June 2010 at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. The particular theme of the symposium, "The Byzantine Court: Source of Power and Culture," was selected, on the other hand, in view of Constantinople's essential role as Byzantine imperial capital soon after its foundation by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great on 11 May 330. The aim of the symposium was to evaluate, from administrative, political, social, economic, and religious perspectives, the impact of the political power that spread out from the Great Palace and, as of the twelfth century, from the Blachernai Palace to the rest of the empire, and to investigate the reflections of this power in the cultural sphere. Presented in this volume are thirty out of the forty papers delivered at the Second International Sevgi Gonul Byzantine Studies Symposium. The papers have been grouped under the following four section headings: "Byzantine Palace Architecture," "The Byzantine Court as the Center of Imperial Power," "Ceremonies at the Court and in the City," and "Court Culture and Visual Arts.".
2013New English Paperback. 4to. (25 x 20 cm). In English and Turkish. [xvi], 242, [2] p., color ills. The Byzantine Court: Source of Power and Culture. Papers from the Second International Sevgi Gönül Byzantine Studies Symposium. The designation of Istanbul by the European Union's Council of Ministers as the European Capital of Culture for 2010 was instrumental in the decision to focus on Constantinople in the Second International Sevgi Gonul Byzantine Studies Symposium, which was held on 21-23 June 2010 at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. The particular theme of the symposium, "The Byzantine Court: Source of Power and Culture," was selected, on the other hand, in view of Constantinople's essential role as Byzantine imperial capital soon after its foundation by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great on 11 May 330. The aim of the symposium was to evaluate, from administrative, political, social, economic, and religious perspectives, the impact of the political power that spread out from the Great Palace and, as of the twelfth century, from the Blachernai Palace to the rest of the empire, and to investigate the reflections of this power in the cultural sphere. Presented in this volume are thirty out of the forty papers delivered at the Second International Sevgi Gonul Byzantine Studies Symposium. The papers have been grouped under the following four section headings: "Byzantine Palace Architecture," "The Byzantine Court as the Center of Imperial Power," "Ceremonies at the Court and in the City," and "Court Culture and Visual Arts.".
2007New English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 303, [1] p., color ills. This catalogue has been prepared by Vehbi Koc Foundation on the occasion of the exhibition 'The Remnants: 12th and 13th Centuries Byzantine Objects in Turkey' on display from June 26th until 31th 2007 organised in conjunction with the First International Sevgi Gonul Symposium on Byzantine Studies. "The Remnants: 12th and 13th Centuries Byzantine Objects in Turkey" exhibition brings together works of art from the period concerned in a variety of materials, and mostly hitherto unpublished, from the museums in Turkey and aims at presenting the traces of intercultural interactions in art and the universality of art reaching out to the entire mankind and going beyond the political borders. Concomitantly, the exhibition presents the character of the artistic production in Byzantium within the historical circumstances of the 12th and 13th centuries.".
2013New English Paperback. Pbo. Oblong 4to. (26 x 28 cm). In English and Turkish. 283 p., color ills. Sadberk Hanim Museum opened on 14 October 1980 as Turkey's first private museum and this year celebrates its thirty-third anniversary. The collection of Turkish and Islamic artefacts gathered by Sadberk Koç formed the original nucleus of the museum collection, which has since been greatly expanded by donations and purchases. With the purchase of the Hüseyin Kocabas collection in 1983 the museum branched out into the field of antiquities. The Archaeological Section of Sadberk Hanim Museum is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The collection consisting of nearly 7000 objects ranges from the Late Neolithic Age to the Byzantine Period, making it possible to trace the course of successive Anatolian civilizations through their material culture. Archaeological Section of the museum has steadily grown over the years, with the purchase of rare items from overseas auctions and the acquisition of registered collections. Sadberk Hanim Museum Archaeological Section will have been open for 25 years in 2013 and it was decided to celebrate this anniversary with an exhibition entitled Traces of Ancient Ages, presenting 150 works that throw light on the periods to which they belong.
2022New English Paperback. 4to. (28 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 183 p., color and b/w ills. Setting forth concepts related to weighing and measuring meant developing both practical and philosophical links with the world. When ancient civilizations used seeds produced in the fertile soils of Mesopotamia to establish the first units of weight, the observations they made in relation to the act of measuring created a springboard for civilizations to thrive. The 2nd millennium BC saw the frontiers of discovery advancing along the trade routes between Mesopotamia and Anatolia. While the fascination with precision in weighing and measuring continued, there was a corresponding migration of myths from the realms of the gods to the land of mortals, and concepts like truth and justice became associated with the balancing of the suspended pans of weighing scales. In ancient Egypt the sins of the deceased were weighed on a set of scales, while in ancient Greek and Roman cultures, the weighing scale was a symbol of justice and an indispensable illustrative element in the depiction of gods and goddesses. In Byzantine society, too, the act of just and accurate weighing resonated deeply with ethical sensibilities and recalled the weighing of souls. And in the Ottoman Empire, precise weighing represented the foundations of trust, not only in trade but also just as notably in religious life. "Man is the measure of all things: of the things that are, that they are, of the things that are not, that they are not," proclaimed Protagoras. The endeavor to measure the world with a handful of units brought forth the capacity to recreate it in the abstract. As the measurement of discovery became the substance of myths, weighing and measuring, beyond being mere physical actions, became an important means of self-expression to those captivated by the universe and what lay beyond the boundaries of knowledge. With a selection of objects from the Suna and Inan Kiraç Foundation Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection, The Art of Weights and Measures aims to explore, through the eyes of civilizations, gods, merchants, master craftsmen, and their apprentices from the 2nd millennium BC to the present day, how weights and measures have shaped economies, cultures, and intercultural relations, their impact on social dynamics of trust, and their journey towards becoming standardized units.
