Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (451 pages)
- Monumenta Graeca et Romana Series ; v.23 .
- Monumenta Graeca et Romana Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Note from the Series Editor -- Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas: An Introduction -- Part 1 Cyprus -- Chapter 1 Terracottas in a Domestic Context: The Case of the House of Orpheus in Nea Paphos, Cyprus -- Chapter 2 Hellenistic Terracottas and Limestone Sculptures in Cypriot Sanctuaries: On the Search for Types and Votive Habits -- Chapter 3 The Terracottas from the Kitian Sanctuary of Artemis Paralia: A Snapshot -- Chapter 4 Terracotta Figurines of Hellenistic Arsinoe and Environs -- Chapter 5 Hellenistic Terracottas: The Evidence from Ancient Arsinoe -- Chapter 6 About Aphrodite and Eros at Amathous: Terracotta and Sculpture -- Chapter 7 Underneath the Veil: Terracotta Figurines from the Amathous Eastern Necropolis -- Chapter 8 Contemplating Issues of Historical Continuity: The Case of the Figurines from Erimi-Bamboula, Cyprus -- Chapter 9 Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas in the Cypriot Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: Contexts, Iconography, Meaning and Mediterranean Connections -- Part 2 Greece and Asia Minor -- Chapter 10 Theriomorphic Figures in Hellenistic and Roman Arcadia: Nostalgia and Ritual -- Chapter 11 Production of Terracotta Figurines in the Hellenistic Period at the Ancient City of Pherai, Thessaly -- Chapter 12 Some New Insights into the Materials Used for the Decoration of Hellenistic Terracotta Figurines in the Pherai Workshops, Greece -- Chapter 13 A Group of Terracotta Ex-Voto Figurines from Amarynthos, Euboea: A Case Study in Sanctuary Deposition Practices -- Chapter 14 Greek Terracotta Dolls: Between the Domestic and the Religious Sphere -- Chapter 15 Terracotta Veiled Women: A Symbol of Transition from Nymphe to Gyne -- Chapter 16 The Soft Youth in Boeotian Coroplasty. Chapter 17 "Visiting Gods" Revisited. Aphrodite Visiting Artemis, or Bride? -- Chapter 18 Aphrodite, Coming of Age and Marriage: Contextualisation and Reconsideration of the Nude Young Women Kneeling in a Shell -- Chapter 19 Terracottas from Pergamon's Residential Area: Comments regarding Chronology and Relations to Other Sites -- Part 3 Italy -- Chapter 20 Production and Consumption of Terracottas: A Case Study at Metapontion in Southern Italy -- Chapter 21 Coroplastics from the House of Marcus Fabius Rufus in Pompeii: Archaeological Artefacts from a Sacred Place -- Chapter 22 Clay Togati (Men Wearing a Tunic and Holding a Scroll) from Harbour and River Towns: Some Hypotheses Regarding Their Occurrence and Meaning -- Part 4 North Africa -- Chapter 23 Sacred and Funeral Terracotta Figurines in Africa Proconsularis, Numidia and Mauretania Caesariensis between the First and Third Centuries CE -- Chapter 24 Female Figurines in Roman Karanis: An Agentive Approach -- Part 5 The Levant and Mesopotamia -- Chapter 25 From Alexandria to Tyros: The Egyptian Character of the Hellenistic Figurines from Kharayeb -- Chapter 26 Toward a Levantine Koine: Ties between Hellenistic Terracottas from Coele Syria and Cyprus -- Chapter 27 The Case of the Persian Riders at Seleucid Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates: The Survival of Syrian Tradition in a Greek Settlement -- Chapter 28 A Look from the Outside: Mediterranean Influences on the Terracotta Figurines from Seleucia on the Tigris -- Chapter 29 The Plaster Figurines of Khirbet es-Samrā Cemetery in Jordan -- General Index.
Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas is a collective volume presenting newly excavated material, as well as diverse and innovative approaches in the study the iconography, function and technology of ancient terracottas.