Screen LibraryNemrud Dagi : recent archaeological research and preservation and restoration activities in the tomb sanctuary on mount Nemrud /
This richly illustrated book presents in detail the sanctuaries built during the reign of Antiochus I of Commagene (ca. 75-36 BCE), including the three large tombs and ten cult places, and discusses Antiochus rule in the context of his religious program and cult of the divine ruler. This book is the...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
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[2014] ©2014 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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This richly illustrated book presents in detail the sanctuaries built during the reign of Antiochus I of Commagene (ca. 75-36 BCE), including the three large tombs and ten cult places, and discusses Antiochus rule in the context of his religious program and cult of the divine ruler. This book is the final publication of the results of the International Nemrud Da?i Project 2001 2003. |
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1 online resource(x,684pages) : illustrations Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9781614516224 |
| Index Number: | DS156 |
| CLC: | K883.748 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introductory remarks, foreword and acknowledgements / Tanitici Bilgiler, ns z ve Te ekk rler / I.1 Commagene: Some topography / I.2 Early Commagene and the immediate forefathers of Antiochus / I.3 The life and family of Antiochus I of Commagene / I.4 King Antiochus I of Commagene: History and foreign policy in the light of ancient literary sources / I.5 The successors of Antiochus I / I.6 Antiochus' personal information on the topographical situation of his own tomb sanctuary on Mount Nemrud / I.7 Nemrud Da i / I.8 Stelae from Antiochus I s temene at Samosata and surrounding area / I.9 Stelae from Antiochus I s temene in the southern part of Commagene: Seleucia/Zeugma (Belk s) and Doliche (D l k) / I.10 The geographic distribution of Antiochus I s temene and hierothesia; and what to say about their relative chronology? / I.11 Antiochus I s self-proclaimed religious programme & divine-ruler cult, and the festivals for all the people of his kingdom / I.12 Where did Commagene s remarkable wealth come from? / II.1 Two reporting visitors of Commagene in the 1830s / II.2 Other expeditions and discoveries, in the later 19th century / II.3 Friedrich Karl D rner and Rudolf Naumann in Commagene, 1938 / II.4 Arsameia-on-the-Nymphaeus. Discovery and excavation of the hierothesion by Friedrich Karl D rner & Theresa Goell in the 1950s / II.5 A new start of the excavations on the hierothesion plateau of Arsameia-on-the- Nymphaeus by Wolfram Hoepfner and Friedrich Karl D rner in 1963, continu III.8 New geophysical research by Helmut L tjen & Tomm Utecht, 1989 / III.9 An Antiochian cult place at Direk Kale? / III.10 Discoveries at Samosata / III.11 A future Nemrud Da i Museum, an epilogue / Introduction / IV.1 GPS survey as a basis of the Site Information System (SIS) of Mount Nemrud / IV.2 The 3D-scan technology and the Nemrud Da i mission / IV.3 The Site Information System / IV.4 Petrographical investigation and diagnosis of weathering damage on stone monuments of the Mount Nemrud sanctuary / IV.5 Deterioration and preservation of the limestone surface and the tuffit reliefs / IV.6 Structural preservation and consolidation of the limestone statues on Nemrud Da i / IV.7 Restoration of the colossal statue of King Antiochus I on the East Terrace of Nemrud Da / IV.8 Transportation of the Lion Horoscope and the four dexiosis stelae from the West Terrace to the temporary restoration house on Nemrud Da i: a report of the activities / IV.9 Report of the condition and preservation of the Lion Horoscope and two dexiosis stelae from the West Terrace of Nemrud Da i / V.1 Epigraphic research on Nemrud Da / V.2 Images and inscriptions of Nemrud Da in the perception of ancient visitors / V.3 Research and conservation of sandstone sculpture on Nemrud Da / V.4 Description and dating of the potsherds found on Mount Nemrud and looking for more / V.5 Coins of Commagene / V.6 Astro-religion in Commagene / V.7 "Lost in the hinterland?" The monument on Nemrud |