Chersonesan Studies 1

Richard Posamentir

Published by University of Texas Press 2010

Chersonesan Studies 1

The Polychrome Grave Stelai from the Early Hellenistic Necropolis

Richard Posamentir

https://doi.org/10.7560/723122

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Chersonesan Studies 1 presents the painted grave stelai of the Early Hellenistic necropolis of Chersonesos Taurike, a Greek city on the northern shore of the Black Sea. This unique collection of over one hundred objects is of major interest to students of ancient art and Greek culture. Their polychrome decoration has been extraordinarily well preserved, a rarity in the ancient world. They compose a remarkable, even unique, body of evidence of Greek funerary memorial sculpture: their shapes are gender-specific, their depicted objects are gender- and age-specific, and they can be ascribed to a handful of specific workshops. Their surprising uniformity requires an explanation, since comparable assemblages from other parts of the Greek world show substantial diversity in all these aspects. This book provides the first complete catalog and description of the stelai, together with full-color illustrations of all the significant stelai and many details. Through his painstaking recovery and reassembling of fragments, as well as the use of advanced photographic techniques, Richard Posamentir has been able to add a whole new dimension to the study of these artifacts. The volume covers the history of the stelai, analysis of the workshops, and reconstruction of the necropolis that the stelai originally graced. A comparison chapter discusses how the stelai fit into the context of Greek funerary art and provides insights into the culture and society of a city on the Black Sea.

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RICHARD POSAMENTIR is a junior professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Tuebingen, focusing on cultural contacts in antiquity. He has participated in archaeological projects in Italy, Greece, Turkey, and the Ukraine and carried out his own survey project in Anazarbos, Cilicia/Turkey.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Series Foreword Joseph Coleman Carter Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Author’s Preface Richard Posamentir Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
I. The Polychrome Grave Stelai from the Early Hellenistic Necropolis
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Catalog of Grave Stelai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3. Shape and Object Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
4. Painting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
5. Stelai from Inside the Tower of Zeno Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
6. Stelai from Outside the Tower of Zeno Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
7. Dating of the Grave Stelai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
8. Associated Elements: Crownings, Bases, Naiskoi, and Anthropomorphic Stones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
8a. Catalog of Associated Elements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
9. The Location and Appearance of the Necropolis in the Hellenistic Period Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
10. Stelai Comparisons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
11. Conclusion: The Necropolis, Its Destruction, and the Tower of Zeno Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
II. Specialist Studies
12. The People of the Citadel Necropolis Paula Perlman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
12a. Catalog of Inscriptions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	429
13. Pigment Analyses for the Grave Stelai and Architectural Fragments from Chersonesos John Twilley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	455
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	463
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	477
Index of Catalog Numbers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	484
Illustration Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	487

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 510

eBook

Published: October 25, 2021
ISBN: 9780292784956