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Marine Craft in Ancient Mosaics of the Levant

Eva Grossmann 2011 © BAR Publishing
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This book presents an outline history of ancient sites associated with floor mosaics depicting marine vessels in the widely defined Eastern Mediterranean stretching from southern Turkey to Egypt. A total of 38 individual examples of marine and riverine craft are presented from the study region: three from Turkey, seven from Syria, two from Lebanon, twelve from Israel (10 ancient, 2 modern), ten from Jordan, two from Egypt, and two unprovenanced. The author argues that mosaics did not exist or function in isolation of their historical contexts, but were created by specialists who had inherited a deep-rooted tradition from the Greek world and were commissioned by a range of officials with a long tradition of civic governance spanning the pagan and Christian spheres. Essentially this book is the study of what data may be derived from the techniques of boat construction in mosaic pavements and other artistic media, such as wall paintings and reliefs, and how these techniques were disseminated and understood through the medieval period and into the modern era by a combination of artistic depictions and oral traditions.
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  • BAR pre-2020
  • BAR International Series pre-2020
ISBN(s)
  • 9781407338040 (ebook)
  • 9781407308166 (paperback)
BAR Number
  • S2249
Subject
  • Maritime and Underwater Archaeology
  • Art / Sculpture / Gems / Seals
  • Trade / Exchange / Travel / Economy
  • Levant / Near East
  • Roman
  • Classical and Hellenistic
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  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Turkey: Antioch and Daphne
  • 3. Syria: Rayan, Apamea, Soran, and Shahba-Philippopolis
  • 4. Lebanon: Khaldé-Choueifat
  • 5. Israel: Migdal Nunia, Lod, Beth Shean, Beth Gurvin, Beth Loya and Haditha
  • 6. Jordan: The Madaba Mosaic Map, Umm al-Rasas and Zay al-Gharby
  • 7. Egypt: Mosaics of Berenike, Sophilos, and Thmuis
  • 8. Unprovenanced Mosaics
  • 9. Classical Legacy in the 20th Century: Noah's Ark in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem and the Church of St. Stephen, Beth Gemal
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Index
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
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