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20250527120301.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| International Standard Book Number |
9780500970706 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| International Standard Book Number |
050097070X |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| International Standard Book Number |
9780500970690 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| International Standard Book Number |
0500970696 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
| System control number |
(OCoLC)ocn917376009 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
| Original cataloging agency |
DSQC |
| Transcribing agency |
DSQC |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
| Geographic area code |
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| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
| Classification number |
NK6407.3 |
| Item number |
.C37 2015 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Carter, Martha L. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
| Title |
Arts of the Hellenized East : |
| Remainder of title |
precious metalwork and gems of the Pre-Islamic era / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Martha L. Carter ; with contributions by Prudence O. Harper, Pieter Meyers. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Thames & Hudson, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
| Extent |
424 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
29 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
| General note |
"Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, The al-Sabah Colleciton, Kuwait." |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-415) and index. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
| Summary, etc. |
The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, houses one of the world's most spectacular collections of ancient silver vessels and other objects made of precious metals. Dating from the centuries following Alexander the Great's conquest of Iran and Bactria in the middle of the 4th century BCE up to the advent of the Islamic era, the beautiful bowls, drinking vessels, platters and other objects in this catalogue suggest that some of the best Hellenistic silverwork was not made in the Greek heartlands, but in this eastern outpost of the Seleucid empire. Martha L. Carter connects these far-flung regions from northern Greece to the Hindu Kush, tracing the common cultural threads that link their diverse geography and people. The last part of the catalogue, by Prudence O. Harper, deals with an important group of Sasanian silver vessels and gems, and some other rarities produced in the succeeding centuries for Hunnish and Turkic patrons. The catalogue is accompanied by an essay on the technology of ancient silver production by Pieter Meyers, who has performed a number of scientific tests on the objects, including a new metallurgical analysis that may help to identify their geographical origins. |
| 610 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
مجموعة الصباح (الكويت) |
| Form subdivision |
فهارس. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Art metal-work, Hellenistic |
| Form subdivision |
Catalogs. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Art, Ancient |
| Geographic subdivision |
Middle East |
| Form subdivision |
Catalogs. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Art metal-work |
| Geographic subdivision |
Kuwait |
| Form subdivision |
Catalogs. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Art, Hellenistic. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Gems, Hellenistic. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
| Geographic name |
Middle East |
| General subdivision |
Antiquities |
| Form subdivision |
Catalogs. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Harper, Prudence Oliver. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Meyers, Pieter, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1941- |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
مجموعة الصباح (الكويت) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |