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The Hellenistic and Roman fine pottery /
Excavation of the ancient city of Morgantina in southeastern Sicily since 1955 has recovered an extraordinary quantity and variety of pottery, both locally made and imported. This volume presents the fine-ware pottery dating between the second half of the fourth century BCE, when Morgantina was a th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Morgantina studies ;
v. 6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Excavation of the ancient city of Morgantina in southeastern Sicily since 1955 has recovered an extraordinary quantity and variety of pottery, both locally made and imported. This volume presents the fine-ware pottery dating between the second half of the fourth century BCE, when Morgantina was a thriving inland center closely tied to the Hellenistic east through Syracuse, and the first half of the first century CE, when Morgantina had been reduced to a dwindling Roman provincial town that would soon be abandoned. Bearing gloss and often paint or relief, these fine ceramics were mostly tablew. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (664 pages) : illustrations, plans |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781400845163 1400845165 |