The Nabataean terracotta figurines /

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Author / Creator:El-Khouri, Lamia Salem.
Imprint:Oxford : Archaeopress, 2002.
Description:v, 207 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Language:English
Series:BAR international series ; 1034
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4707774
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ISBN:1841714143
Notes:Publisher's no. BAR S1034.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:The Nabataean period represents the flowering of a unique culture before it was conquered by Rome. It is conventionally dated from the fourth century B.C. to the Roman conquest in 106 A.D. The Nabataean Kingdom was located in an area between the great cultures of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Phoenician lands. This book focuses on describing terracotta figurines in shapes of humans and animals found on the Nabataean sites in South Jordan and Palestine and provides a detailed catalogue with respect totheir shape, ware, possible date, technique of production, meaning and function, to provide important information about the Nabataean culture.
Item Description:Publisher's no. BAR S1034.
Physical Description:v, 207 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1841714143