Ancient Near Eastern Seals from the Kist Collection

Ancient Near Eastern Seals from the Kist Collection
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9789004496323
ISBN-13 : 9004496327
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Download or read book Ancient Near Eastern Seals from the Kist Collection written by Joost Kist and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not only their function in Ancient Near Eastern daily life makes stamp and cylinder seals an important subject of study, but also their outstanding aesthetic beauty. The examples of stamp and cylinder seals catalogued and described in the present volume are part of the collection of Ancient Near Eastern glyptic art acquired by the Kist family during the last century. The collection consists of hundreds of seals ranging from the fourth millennium Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods up to the Achaemenid period of the first millennium B.C. The majority of the artifacts are published here for the first time, making the volume into a unique and essential resource for Ancient Near Eastern scholars and art historians.


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