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Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain Fascicule 20 The British Museum Fascicule 10: Fragments from Sir William Hamiltons second collection of vases recovered from the wreck of HMS Colossus [Hardback]
Valerie Smallwood (Author); Susan Woodford (Author)
£85.00ISBN: 9780714122366
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum
The fragments of Greek painted pottery making up the 115 catalogue entries in this volume come from vases that were once part of Sir William Hamiltons prized second collection. About one third of that collection was lost when the ship transport... .... Learn More -
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Great Britain Fascicule 25, The British Museum Fascicule 11: Greek Geometric Pottery [Hardback]
J. N. Coldstream (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9780714122632
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum
Volume: 25
The British Museum's holding of Greek Geometric pottery comprises 200 items, covering the period from the 10th to the 7th century BC. Most of these pieces have never been published before. The bulk of the collection - 123 pieces - is Attic, but... .... Learn More -
Egyptian Stelae in the British Museum from the 13th - 17th Dynasties: Volume I, Fascicule I: Descriptions [Hardback]
M. Marée (Author); D. Franke (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9780714119878
Published by : British Museum Press
Volume: 1
The British Museum holds the largest collection of Middle Kingdom stelae outside Egypt. This is the first full publication of the collection: the scenes and inscriptions of each of the 42 stelae are described in detail, with textu... .... Learn More -
New Light on Old Glass: Recent Research on Byzantine Glass and Mosaics [Paperback]
Liz James (Editor); Chris Entwistle (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9780861591794
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 179
This new publication brings together a range of leading scholars from Europe, America and the Middle East to discuss the most recent research in the field of Byzantine glass and mosaics in an interdisciplinary context. New Light o... .... Learn More -
Melanesia: Art and Encounter [Hardback]
Nicholas Thomas (Author); Elizabeth Bonshek (Author); Julie Adams (Author); Lissant Bolton (Editor); Ben Burt (Editor)
£75.00ISBN: 9780714125961
Published by : British Museum Press
The British Museums uniquely important Melanesian collection is pre-eminent among early collections, and the 20,000 items it comprises are core to understanding the cultures of the western Pacific. The extraordinary art styles rep... .... Learn More -
Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum VIII: Tablets from Sippar 3 [Hardback]
J. J. Finkelstein (Author); Erle Leichty (Author); C. B. F. Walker (Author)
Regular Price: £50.00
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9780714111247
Published by : British Museum Press
The third and final Sippar volume catalogues some 12,000 Babylonian tablets acquired by the British Museum between 1882 and 1895. The tablets, which are catalogued by date, include a large number of Old Babylonian examples. .... Learn More -
Excavation and Salvage at Runnymede Bridge, 1978: The Late Bronze Age Waterfront Site [Hardback]
Stuart P. Needham (Author)
Regular Price: £45.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9780714113975
Published by : British Museum Press
Report on a major rescue excavation of a Late Bronze Age waterfront site with exceptional preservation of deposits buried under the flood silts of the Thames. This volume analyses the stratigraphy, structural evidence and finds from a part of t... .... Learn More -
Runnymede Bridge Research Excavations Volume II: Refuse and Disposal at Area 16 East, Runnymede [Hardback]
Stuart P. Needham (Author); Tony Spence (Author)
Regular Price: £75.00
Special Price: £19.95
ISBN: 9780714123073
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: uk/ne-sett
Volume II looks at the rich, stratified desposits excavated in Area 16 East in the Neolithic and Late Bronze Age settlement on the banks of the River Thames in Berkshire. There is a general discussion of the accumulation of refuse, and chapters... .... Learn More -
Sylloge of Coins in the British Isles 55: Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg Part IV. English, Irish and Scottish Coins, 1066-1485 [Hardback]
Maria Mucha (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9780197262368
Published by : Oxford University Press
This volume presents a catalogue of almost 500 coins in the State Hermitage which derive from the collections of Reichel, Stroganov and Plushkin. In addition to providing a good representative sample of medieval silver and gold British coins (... .... Learn More -
The Lewis Chessmen [Paperback]
J. Robinson (Author)
£5.00ISBN: 9780714150239
Published by : British Museum Press
Made from walrus ivory some time between AD 1150 and 1200, the Lewis Chessmen are iconic artefacts from the early medieval period. This concise book provides a guide to the history of these chess pieces including the story of their discovery in... .... Learn More