Production Economy in Greater Roman Syria. Trade Networks and Production Processes

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Rubina Raja, Julia Steding (eds) Pages: xxx + 202 p. Illustrations:96 b/w, 24 col., 2 tables b/w. Language(s):English. Brepols, Publication Year:2021 --- SUMMARY The site of Palmyra, an oasis city in the Syrian desert located at a cultural and geographical crossroads, was a major trading centre in the first three centuries ad. This volume offers an in-depth exploration into one type of trade and its economy, namely that of stone, and the crucial role that this played within the settlement. The papers gathered here explore different aspects of stone, from its use in Palmyra s famous funerary portraiture, the production techniques that underlay these works, and their polychromy, through to where and how marble and limestone were provenanced, quarried, and transported, and what this implies for our understanding of the organization of the stone trade in both Syria and beyond. Chapters on Aphrodisian artists and the rock-cut chambers in Commagene and Cyrrhestice ensure the evidence from Palmyra is set in a wider context, enabling comparisons to be drawn with the work of sculptors elsewhere. Together, the papers within this volume offer a unique insight into a trade and economy of vital importance in an important urban centre of the Roman period. The work presented here is an outcome of the Palmyra Portrait Project, directed by Prof. Rubina Raja. TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents List of Illustrations Abbreviations List of Ancient Authors Colour Plates 　 Production Economy in Roman Syria: New Views on Old Stones RUBINA RAJA AND JULIA STEDING Carving the Palmyrene Portrait Reliefs: Observations on the Collection in the NY Carlsberg Glyptotek BEN RUSSELL AND WILL WOOTTON Partly Finished Objects from the Palmyrene Funerary Context JULIA STEDING The Polychromy of Palmyrene Portraits: Workmen and Colouration CLARISSA BLUME Les calcaires de Palmyre face aux autres roches de　décoration architecturale et de sculpture JEAN-CLAUDE BESSAC Quarrying in the Roman Near East: Palmyra and Baalbek A Comparative Study JEANINE ABDUL MASSIH Sourcing the Stone: The State of Techniques and their Implications PATRICK DEGRYSE, SANDER MUSKENS, AND MARC WAELKENS Palmyra, Syria, and Imperial Marble ALFRED M. HIRT The Trade in Marble and other Stone in the Eastern Mediterranean MARC WAELKENS The Sculptors of Aphrodisias/La scuola di Afrodisia in 2018 JULIA LENAGHAN Quarries, Tombs, and Funerary Sculpture in Commagene and Cyrrhestice MICHAEL BLÖMER Index. Seller Inventory # ca803

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