The Royal City of Susa.Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in the Louvre

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993. Hardcover. Condizione libro: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG. 0810964228 Dust jacket condition: VG. Oversized. The ancient city of Susa (biblical Shushan) lay at the edge of the Iranian plateau, not far from the great cities of Mesopotamia. A strategically located and vital center, Susa absorbed diverse influences and underwent great political fluctuations during the several thousand years of its history. When French archaeologists began to excavate its site in the nineteenth century, the astonishing abundance of finds greatly expanded our understanding of the ancient Near East. The artifacts were taken to Paris through diplomatic agreement and became a centerpiece of the Louvre's great collection of Near Eastern antiquities. These works are rarely loaned, but a remarkable selection that includes many undisputed masterpieces, brought to The Metropolitan Museum of Art for exhibition, is presented in this comprehensive publication. Susa was settled about 4000 B.C. and has yielded striking pottery finds from that prehistoric period. A rich production followed of objects for daily use, ritual, and luxury living, finely carved in various materials or fashioned of clay. Monumental sculpture was made in stone or bronze, and dramatic friezes were composed of brilliantly glazed bricks. Among the discoveries are tiny, intricately carved cylinder seals and splendid jewelry. Clay balls marked with symbols offer fascinating testimony to the very beginnings of writing; clay tablets from later periods bearing inscriptions in cuneiform record political history, literature, business transactions, and mathematical calculations. A very important group of finds from Susa is made up of objects brought back as booty from conquests in Mesopotamia. These works, many of them the royal monuments of Akkadian and Babylonian monarchs-for instance, the great stele of Naram-Sin-are among the best known of all objects from the ancient Near East. 336 pages. Your order ships by the next business day! Codice libro della libreria 0053773. The Royal City of Susa: Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in the Louvre (ISBN: 0810964228 / 0-8109-6422-8) Harper, Prudence Oliver; Aruz, Joan Text in English Monografia Tipo documento Testo a stampa Titolo The royal city of Susa: ancient near Eastern treasures in the Louvre / edited by Prudence O. Harper, Joan Aruz and Françoise Tallon Pubblicazione New York : The Metropolitan museum of art, 1992 (Milan : Motta) Descrizione fisica XIX, 316 p. : ill. ; 28 cm Note generali Catalogo della Mostra tenuta a New York nel 1992-1993. Numeri [ISBN] 0870996517 Variante del titolo The royal city of Susa. -, Tit. sul dorso Nomi Harper, Prudence O. Aruz, Joan Tallon, Françoise Musée du Louvre scheda di autorità Soggetti Antichità elamite - Esposizioni - 1992-1993 Scavi archeologici - Susa - Sec. 20. - Esposizioni - 1992-1993 Parigi - Musée du Louvre - Cataloghi Size: 280 X240 MM.

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