Ceramic & glass: artworks

Die unverzierte frühislamische Keramik aus Kharab Sayyar, Nordostsyrien

The book’s subject is a detailed presentation of plain ceramic from the early Islamic town Kharab Sayyar in the north-east of Syria, taking into account questions of merchandise,...

Die Masken aus der Nekropole von Lipari

In the necropolis of Lipari (Italy) a great amount of terracotta masks from the 4th and early 3rd century B. C. have been found –– an important local speciality. Their study as...

Amphoren aus Cambodunum / Kempten

Ein Beitrag zur Handelsgeschichte der römischen Provinz Raetia

Amphorae played a central role in the long distance transport and trade of (mediterranean) food and other goods during the Roman period. Today they represent an excellent...

Frühchristliche Reliquiare im Kontext von Kultstrategien, Heilserwartung und sozialer Selbstdarstellung

This study for the first time provides a comprehensive analysis of early Christian reliquaries in the context of their meaning and various uses. Taking into account all documented...

Feinkeramik aus Knidos vom mittleren Hellenismus bis in die mittlere Kaiserzeit (ca. 200 v.Chr. bis 150 n.Chr.)

During the time of Hellenism and of the Empire, the ancient city of Knidos was one of the most important manufacturing centers of fine tableware in the eastern Mediterranean. To...

The Pottery from the Early Medieval Trading Site and Cemetery at Groß Strömkendorf, Lkr. Nordwestmecklenburg

Forschungen zu Groß Strömkendorf III

This book is an archaeological study involving natural sciences analyses of the ceramic find material from the settlement and the cemetery of the early medieval trading site Groß...

The Apse, the Image and the Icon

An Historical Perspective of the Apse as a Space for Images

This book deals with the apse as a showcase for images in the early Christian and early Byzantine periods. Two opposed traditions, harking back to early imperial times, nourished...

Kleinfunde aus Tiryns

Terrakotta, Stein, Bein und Glas/Fayence vornehmlich aus der Spätbronzezeit

This is a presentation and discussion of Late Bronze Age small finds (tools, utensils, jewellery, etc.) of terracotta, stone, bone, faience/glass from Tiryns, one of the most...

Ruhr Museum. Katalog der etruskischen und italischen Antiken

Mit einigen Stücken aus dem Museum Folkwang Essen

The present volume presents the about 200 objects of the Etruscans and other Italic cultures in the Ruhr Museum and some objects of the Museum Folkwang at Essen in a complete...

Mulva V

Die vormunizipale Besiedlung von Munigua

Munigua, in the province of Sevilla, Spain, was populated from the 4th century BC until the 4th century AD and has been a field of archaeological research for many years. This...

The Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University Collections. The Mycenaean and the Minoan Pottery

This archaeological collection comprises two complete vessels and 279 sherds of Minoan and Mycenaean pottery, that means from the time between 1575 and 1000 BC. This sherd...

Ma’layba et l’Age du Bronze du Yémen

Ma’layba, a settlement situated in the Aden hinterland (Yemen), was occupied from the end of the 3rd millennium to the 13th century BC. Here the joint German-Russian...

Die handgemachte geglättete Keramik mykenischer Zeitstellung

The volume Tiryns XV is dedicated to the publication and analysis of Late Mycenaean Handmade Burnished Ware from the excavations between 1976 and 1983 in the Lower Citadel of...

Studien zur spätmykenischen Keramik

This volume of the Tiryns series deals with the decorated Mycenaean pottery of the Late Palatial (Late Helladic IIIB2) and Post-Palatial (Late Helladic IIIC) periods from the...

Die römischen Amphoren im Umland von Mainz

In this study the author assembles the Roman amphora of the area around the German city of Mainz. All pieces are documented with fotos and descriptions. Analyses of Mediterranian...

Die römischen Terrakottamasken in den Nordwestprovinzen

Herkunft – Herstellung – Verbreitung – Funktion

This book deals with ca 500 Roman terracotta masks from the North-West provinces of the Roman empire. They date back to the first to third centuries and are here examined...

Der Zeuskult bei den Westgriechen

This volume compiles for the first time a comprehensive survey of different ways and cults of worship of Zeus in the Magna Graecia and Sicily. The author uses all available...

Die figürlichen Terrakotten von Priene

Fundkontexte, Ikonographie und Funktion in Wohnhäusern und Heiligtümern im Licht antiker Parallelbefunde

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Über 400 hellenistische Tonfiguren aus Priene werden hier erstmals vollständig und mit zahlreichen Abbildungen...

Europas Spiegel

Die Antikensammlung im Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen

The collection of antiquities in the Suermondt-Ludwig Museum Aachen has hitherto been nearly unknown even among specialists. It mainly contains of vases and terracotta figurines,...

Rex Imago Christi

Der Dom von Monreale – Bildsprache und Zeremoniell in Mosaikkunst und Architektur

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Dieses Buch setzt neue methodische Maßstäbe in der Bewertung der historischen Quellenlage des wohl aufwendigsten...