The Gordion Wooden Objects, Volume 1 the Furniture from Tumulus MM (2-Vol. Set)

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-16539-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 32, 560 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 290 mm, Gewicht: 2685 g

Reihe: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

The Furniture from Tumulus MM, The Gordion Wooden Objects, volume 1, is a study of the furniture from the largest tomb at Gordion, Turkey, excavated in 1957 by the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The tomb dates to the eighth century BC and is thought to be the burial of the great Phrygian king Midas or his father. The objects, initially misunderstood, are now identified as nine tables, two serving stands, two stools, a chair, and an open log coffin. Three pieces are ornately carved and inlaid with religious symbols and complex geometric motifs. The wooden objects from Gordion are now recognized as the most important collection of well preserved wooden artifacts excavated from the Near East. Included in this volume are new photographs, reconstruction drawings, and eight scientific/technical appendices.

Contributors include: Harry Alden, Burhan Aytug, Mary W. Ballard, Robert A. Blanchette, Roland Cunningham, Laure Dussubieux, Patrick E. McGovern, Benjamin Held, Walter Hopwood, Joseph Koles, Lynn E. Roller, Krysia Spirydowicz.

".this work goes well beyond a typical site-specific object catalogue and makes important contributions to a wide range of scholarly fields, both technical and conceptual, from textile and wood analysis to anthropological and religious studies."
Elizabeth P. Baughan, University of Richmond

“The book succeeds in its main aims of making available every scrap of information about the finds, and it illuminates form, techniques, and function in a most convincing and stimulating manner.” Catherine M. Draycott, Courtauld Institute of Art

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simpson, Elizabeth

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS
part one. discovery and early interpretation
Chapter 1. The Excavation of TumulusMMand the Contents of the Burial
Chapter 2. Early Interpretations of the Furniture from TumulusMM
part two. catalogue and comparanda
Chapter 3. The Inlaid Table
Chapter 4. The Plain Tables
Chapter 5. The Serving Stands
Chapter 6. The Furniture from the Northeast Corner
Chapter 7. The Coffin
Chapter 8. Conclusions—The Burial of the King

Über Autor(innen)

Elizabeth Simpson, Ph.D. (1985) in Classical Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, is professor of Ancient Art at the Bard Graduate Center, New York, N.Y. She is director of the Gordion Furniture Project and consulting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia.