Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xxvi, 483 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series statement

1. Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; . v53

Uniform title

1. Culture and history of the ancient Near East.

Subject

1. Art, Ancient > Nubia
2. Meroe (Extinct city) > Antiquities
3. Nubia > Civilization
4. Art, Nubian > Egyptian influences
5. Architecture, Hellenistic > Nubia
6. Art, Hellenistic > Nubia
7. Nubia > Antiquities

Contents

1. Ergamenes, Aktisanes, and the modern discovery of Hellenizing art in Meroe -- Reception without understanding? -- An elusive model: images of Egypt's multicultural identity in the Ptolemaic and Roman periods -- Early contacts with Ptolemaic Egypt and the early imports -- Hellenizing architecture and sculpture in Meroe city -- The great enclosure at Musawwarat es Sufra -- From mass-product to luxury and back: decorated fine pottery and Meroitic vase painting -- The Hellenistic Egyptian style kiosk at Naqa, or "acculturation" sidetracked -- Media and messages: the autonomy of Nubian "acculturation".

Call number

1. JQE 12-1165

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Török, László, 1941-2020.

Title

1. Hellenizing art in ancient Nubia, 300 BC-AD 250, and its Egyptian models : a study in "acculturation" / by Laszlo Torok.

Imprint

1. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series

1. Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; . v53
2. Culture and history of the ancient Near East.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2011019858

ISBN

1. 9789004211285 (hardback : alk. paper)
2. 9004211284 (hardback : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JQE 12-1165