SARDIS - PUBLICATIONS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE EXCAVATION OF SARDIS - VOLUME V: ROMAN AND CHRISTIAN SCULPTURE, PART I - THE SARCOPHAGUS OF CLAUDIA ANTONIA SABINA AND THE ASIATIC SARCOPHAGI
Book Details + Condition: The American Society For the Excavation of Sardis (Princeton, NJ). First and Limited Edition (of 400 copies), 1924. Large folio hardcover (11" x 13.5"). 98 pages with index, and includes 96 illustrated plates. Extensive excavation and analysis of the Sarcophagus of Claudia Antonia Sabine and the Asiatic Sarcophagi located in Sardis, from an archaeological and artistic sculptural point of view. Sardis was an ancient city best known as the capital of the Lydian Empire. After the fall of the Lydian Empire, it became the Persian satrapy of Lydia and later a major center of Hellenistic and Byzantine culture. Active excavations in Sardis continue to this day. Scarce primary source documentation, with chapters including:
- Description of the Sarcophagus
- Inscription and Dating
- Catalogue of the Asiatic Sarcophagi
- The Repetition of Figure-Types
- Centers of Production
- And more.
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. Firm binding; light wear to boards; interior is clean and free of markings.
