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Scarabs, Scaraboids, Seals and Seal Impressions from Medinet Habu
by Emily Teeter and T.G. Wilfong
Medinet Habu in western Thebes (modern Luxor, Egypt) is dominated by the great mortuary temples of King Ramesses III (ca. 1182 BC), and Kings Aye and Horemheb (ca. 1324-1293 BC). It served as the seat of the regional government in the Late New Kingdom, and an important Coptic Christian community grew up within its great fortification walls. For nearly 1,500 years Medinet Habu played a central role in Egyptian religion, life, and politics. In ...
Hardback. Price GB £70.00
Arabic and Persian Seals and Amulets in the British Museum
by Venetia Porter, with Robert Hoyland, Alexander Morton and Shailendra Bandhare
This catalogue is the first on the outstanding collection of Arabic and Persian seals and amulets in the British Museum, by a specialist in the field.
The first part focuses on the 638 Arabic, Persian and Indian seals covering material from the 8th to the 20th century. The Introduction covers seal practice in different periods and levels of society; the role of the seal and the 'alama or motto, the use of figural representation on the ...
Paperback. Not yet published - advance orders taken. Price GB £45.00
First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East
by Dominique Collon
Back by popular demand, this is the newly revised edition of the definitive classic survey on cylinder seals in the Ancient Near East. The most comprehensive book on the subject to date, this essential text features an incredible 1000 highly-detailed illustrations, all highlighting the intricate nature and fascinating purpose of these remarkable tools of the past. The author looks at their use over 3,000 years and discusses the information they ...
Paperback. Price GB £14.99
Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: Cylinder Seals VI: Pre-Achaemenid and Achaemenid Periods
by Parvine H. Merrillees with contributions by Margaret Sax, C.B.F. Walker and Dominique Collon
The cylinder seals of the second half of the 1st millennium BC fall into the period dominated by the Achaemenid empire. They are of particular significance in glyptic art and practices, as they bring to a close the 3,000-year history of the Near Eastern cylinder seal. The British Museum's collection of seals of this period totals 92 pieces and is one of the largest outside Iran. The earliest seal was acquired in 1772 from Sir William Hamilton's ...
Hardback. Temporarily out of stock at publishers - will be delayed. Orders will be recorded. Price GB £90.00
7000 Years of Seals
by Dominique Collon
Seals can be marks of prestige and protection for their owners, and the subjects they depict provide information for art historians and genealogists alike. Analysis of the stone used can also provide clues to trade routes in operation at particular periods. This book brings together the contributions of twelve distinguished speakers at an international seminar held at the British Museum in 1992; the result is a comprehensive study of seals and ...
Hardback. Price GB £25.00
Image and Authority: Seals in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century England
by T.A. Heslop
Image and Authority: English Seals of the 11th & 12th Centuries
Hardback. Not yet published - advance orders taken. Price GB £53.00
Die spätmykenischen Siegel aus Weichem Stein
by Aurelia Dickers
An examination of 490 late Bronze Age soft-stone and pressed glassed seals of mainland Greece, focusing on `Mainland Popular Group' seals and ornamentally decorated flourite seals which are both characteristic of Mycenaean Greece. Dickers discusses and ...
Hardback. Price GB £45.50
Biblical Period Personal Seals in the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection
by Robert Deutsch and André Lemaire
A catalogue of more than two hundred Hebrew, Ammonite, Moabite, Edomite, Phoenician and Aramaic personal seals from the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, the most important private collection of Jewish and Biblical-related antiquities. Examples come primarily ...
Hardback. Price GB £115.00
Messages from the Past
by Robert Deutsch
Hebrew seal-impressions, or bullae, provide important epigraphic evidence which can identify people, places and events in the Bible. This study publishes 510 bullae, dating from the 8th century to the beginning of the 6th century BC and outlines the ...
Hardback. Price GB £56.50
Near Eastern Seals
by Dominique Collon
This concise book in the British Museum `Interpreting the Past' series provides an introduction to cylinder and stamp seals: their use, their dating and their engraved designs. 64p, b/w pls (BMP / University of California Press 1990)
Paperback. Price GB £2.95
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