Classical Antiquities
The Collection of the Stovall Museum of Science and History
edited by A.J.Heisserer
The University of Oklahoma 1986
Stron XIX+162, format: 22x29 cm
250 czarno-białych i 5 kolorowych ilustracji
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Classical Antiquities is an illustrated catalogue of the classical holdings of the Stovall Museum of Science and History in the University of Oklahoma. The collection, unique in the southwestern United States, includes:
Inscribed materials from ancient Mesopotamia, pre-Islamic south Arabia, and third century a.d. Rome Greek ceramics from the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Geometric and Archaic periods, and the Classical and Hellenistic eras Etruscan bronzes and ceramics Ancient Mediterranean terra-cottas Syro-Palestinian and Roman glass Greek, Jewish, African, and Roman coins
Every item in the collection is described in detail, with a transcript and translation of any wording appearing on the item. Most of the pieces are illustrated with one or more photographs.
The Stovall Museum's classical collection was inaugurated just before World War II with private donations and gifts from other museums. Today it is a select but significant holding, and this book is designed to make it better known to scholars, collectors, and museum visitors. The preparation of the catalogue led the researchers to new insights into the manners, customs, politics, and religion of the ancient world, and these are shared with the reader in the introductions to the groups and individual descriptions. The sum is a wide-ranging tour of the ancient world through invaluable artifacts that have come down to us.
Items in the collection that are particularly valuable for scholars are those that were excavated at the Athenian Agora in the 1950s. A few of the outstanding ceramic pieces in the collection, all illustrated in these pages, are no. 53, a Mycenaean stirrup jar; no. 73, a Geometric high-rimmed bowl; no. 84, a rare Attic eye cup; no. 85, a beautiful Diosphos vase; and no. 104, an Attic black-glazed stamped amphoriskos. An Etruscan bronze figurine of Apollo (no. 122) is in a class by itself.
Also forming part of the collection are two recently acquired terra-cottas from south Italy (nos. 137 and 138). Several pieces of glassware are particularly noteworthy: no. 167, a Syro-Palestinian toilet bottle; and no. 174, a double-head flask. The coin collection has an exceptional group of well-
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preserved early Roman Empire bronzes. A striking example is no. 242, a Nero coin.
With the appearance of this catalogue, the Stovall collection of antiquities is accorded the public attention that it clearly deserves.
Contents
Editor's Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Synopsis of Classical Civilizations xvii
Note on Enumeration and Abbreviations xix
INSCRIBED MATERIALS
Cuneiform Inscriptions (Daniel C. Snell) 5
Cones 5
Economic Documents from the Third Dynasty of Ur (2[zasłonięte]112-26 b.c.) 6
Documents from the Old Babylonian Period (2[zasłonięte]004-15 b.c.) 8
Other 11
South Arabian Pre-Islamic Antiquities (A. Jamme) 12
Roman columbarium Inscription (A.J. Heisserer) 15
GREEK POTTERY
Bronze Age (Barbara L. Gunn) 21
Vases 22
Mycenaean Sherds 31
Cypriote Iron Age (Barbara L. Gunn) 32
Bichrome and Other Wares 32
Plain White Ware 40
Geometric and Archaic (Barbara L. Gunn) 44
Classical and Hellenistic Pottery (Barbara L. Gunn and A.J. Heisserer) 53
Attic Black-figure and Red-figure (A.J. Heisserer) 53
South Italian Ware (A.J. Heisserer) 58
Miscellaneous Vases (Barbara L. Gunn and A.J. Heisserer) 63
Small Bowls and Saltcellars (Barbara L. Gunn) 67
Unguentaria (Barbara L. Gunn) 69
ETRUSCAN OBJECTS
Bronzes (Mario A. Del Chiaro) 73
Pottery (Barbara L. Gunn) 77
Etruscan Bucchero Vases 77
Italo-Corinthian Vases 79
TERRA-COTTAS
Figurines (A. J. Heisserer) 83
Lamps (Barbara L. Gunn and A.J. Heisserer) 90
Wheelmade Lamps 90
Moldmade Lamps 92
Classical Antiquities
GLASS
Mold-blown specimens (A.J. Heisserer) COINAGE
Greek (A.J. Heisserer) Jewish and related issues (A.J. Heisserer) Roman (Frederick L. Brown) Roman Republican Early Roman Imperial Late Roman Imperial African (Frederick L. Brown) Glossary of Terms Common Shapes of Greek Vases Bibliography Index
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