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Images and Monuments of Near Eastern Dynasts, 100 BC-AD 100 (Hardcover, New)
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Images and Monuments of Near Eastern Dynasts, 100 BC-AD 100 (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation
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This book is an archaeological and art-historical study of the
images and monuments of Roman 'client' kings in the Near East from
the Taurus to Edom (modern South East Turkey, Syria, Lebanon,
Israel, Palestine, and Jordan) in the important transitional period
between the downfall of the Seleucid empire and Rome's
establishment of provincial administration across the entire
region. In this volume, Kropp treats royal portraits, tombs,
palaces, coins, and temples as historical documents and aims at
uncovering royal identities and ideological aspirations. In
particular, he focuses on the six major players: the Kommagenian,
Emesan, Ituraean, Nabataean, Hasmonaean, and Herodian dynasties.
The images and monuments discussed show an endless variety of
eclectic styles, shapes, and types - a result of individual,
deliberate choices from an array of cultural and artistic options,
such as Hellenistic, Roman, and Persian. The study of their origins
and importance therefore places monuments, like the Khazneh at
Petra or the Temple at Jerusalem, in their proper context and
allows a more nuanced understanding of their creation as
expressions and constructions of royal personas.
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