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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
[2020]
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2020, Volume: 83, Issue: 4, Pages: 200-209 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sardis
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/ History
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HA Bible |
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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. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/708651 |