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Ancient Art in Seals: Essays by Pierre Amiet, Nimet Ozguc, and John Boardman by Porada, Edith, ed - 1980

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Ancient Art in Seals: Essays by Pierre Amiet, Nimet Ozguc, and John Boardman

by Porada, Edith, ed

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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. 8vo. xix + 131pp., indexed. Decorative paper boards, oatmeal cloth backing, gilt spine titles. Fine in a very good jacket with several closed tears along top edge (tape-repaired to the interior) and browning/sun-fading to spine panel. Collects three essays that "make an important contribution to our understanding of ancient cylinder and stamp seals and their place in the history of art, mythology, and religion.

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  • Publisher Princeton University Press
  • Place of Publication Princeton, NJ
  • Date Published 1980

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Ancient Art in Seals: Essays by Pierre Amiet, Nimet Ozguc, and John Boardman

by Porada, Edith (editor)

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Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980. Hardcover. Fine/VG (light age toning to dj spine and edges; book Fine). Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Textured cream dj with brick title block and with brick lettering on spine. 131 pp. with bw images throughout, numbered by chapter. Three essays on writing seals, on the style and iconography of the cylinder seals of the Agade period of Mesopotamia, newly-discovered impressions of Anatolian seals found at Acemhoyuk, and the significance of classical Greek gems and their contrast to those of the Near East. With an introduction by Porada.
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