Adorning and Protecting: Glass Intaglios and the Changing Character of Being a Sardian in the Early Imperial Period

Glass intaglios found on a hilltop in Sardis, Turkey are dated by archaeological context to the Augustan period. Iconographic details and the state of the intaglios show that they were made in Sardis, very likely near where they were found. The group of about forty gems gives us insight into the cha...

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Main Author: Evans, Jane DeRose 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press [2020]
In: Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2020, Volume: 83, Issue: 4, Pages: 200-209
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sardis / Glass / History
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
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Summary:Glass intaglios found on a hilltop in Sardis, Turkey are dated by archaeological context to the Augustan period. Iconographic details and the state of the intaglios show that they were made in Sardis, very likely near where they were found. The group of about forty gems gives us insight into the changing sociocultural history of the Sardians at a time when they are adapting to new political realities; they also give us a glimpse of favored motifs of the lower classes, in contrast to the magistrates who paid for local coinages and other euergistic projects.
ISSN:2325-5404
Contains:Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/708651