Gods of Nemrud: The Royal Sanctuary of Antiochos I & The Kingdom of Commagene

196 sayfa. 47x34 cm
İstanbul: Ertuğ & Kocabıyık (Borusan), 2012. Yeni. Bez ciltli. Orijinal mukavva mahfazasında. 47x34 cm. İngilizce. 196 s. (95 renkli levha ve 37 çizim). A unique complex of archaeological material survives from Commagene in the first century BC. It derives from a local king, Antiochos I, and is of great interest in itself and for the study of ancient religion and art. The material consists of a large body of monumental sculpture, statues and reliefs and voluminous inscriptions about the king and his gods. The monuments are unique in their quantity, and in being precisely dated and identified. Together the texts and images provide an unrivalled opportunity for getting close to the quality and texture of an ancient cult. Antiochos I of Commagene (c. 69-36 BC) belonged at the tail-end of Hellenistic monarchy and the beginning of Roman rule in Syria and Eastern Anatolia. The scholarly text by R.R.R. Smith describes the geography and political history of Antiochos kingdom, and looks at the

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