Terracottas and Plastic Lamps of the Roman Period

Terracottas and Plastic Lamps of the Roman Period
ISBN-10
0876612060
ISBN-13
9780876612064
Category
History / Ancient / Greece
Pages
106
Language
English
Published
1961
Publisher
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Author
Clairève Grandjouan

Description

The volume contains a short introduction, a classification by types, a critical catalogue, a register of the dated contexts, concordances and indexes, and an excursus by T. B. L. Webster on the theatrical figurines. Nearly half of the 1,100 items are illustrated with photographs. The subjects of the (mostly fragmentary) figurines are revealing. To the Greek deities of earlier times are added Oriental figures like Serapis, Isis, Harpokrates, Attis, as well as Egyptian priests and Asiatic dancers. The molded "plastic" lamps that are included in this volume were probably made in the same workshops as the figurines.

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