Alexandra Villing
Biographic Data
| ID | 92471 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra Villing |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Villing |
| SIGNATURE | VILLING A |
| AFFILIATIONS | British Museum |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7999-9598 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The potters of Kom Dahab
Making pottery in the Nile Delta
Athena as Ergane and Promachos
Wahibreemakhet at Saqqara
The case of Wahibreemakhet, son of Alexikles and Zenodote, is the most prominent example for the high status that Greeks – as mercenaries or advisors – could attain in Egypt under the Saite pharaohs. The present article argues that his final resting place should be identified in a tomb at Saqqara that was probably discovered by agents of Giovanni Anastasi in the 1820s and that contained not only Wahibreemakhet’s elaborate stone sarcophagus (now i…
Animal Sacrifice in the Ancient Greek World
Rhodes and Kos
To date, the pottery production of Rhodes, Kos and other ‘East Dorian’ islands and coastal areas remains little understood. This article presents and discusses new neutron activation analysis (NAA) of eighth–sixth-century bc vessels found on Rhodes and in related areas, placing them in the wider context of past and present archaeometric research. The results highlight the role of Kos as a leading regional centre of painted pottery production and …
Discerning differences
Faience technology was known in Egypt since the Predynastic Period and practiced for a period also in Bronze Age Greece, but, having been lost, was reintroduced to the Greek world only in the first half of the first millennium BC. The Greek island of Rhodes and the Greek-Egyptian trade harbour of Naukratis in the Nile Delta are suspected to be key centres of early Greek-style faience production, exporting amulets and vessels across the Mediterran…
Dangerous Perfection’ and an Old Puzzle Resolved
An Apulian calyx krater attributed to the Underworld Painter that entered the British Museum in 1867 as part of the collection of the Duc de Blacas (GR 1867,0508.1335, Vase F270) has long puzzled scholars on account of its enigmatic iconography, seemingly representing Orpheus and Cerberus in the Underworld. Yet cleaning of the vase some 50 years ago – hitherto unnoticed by scholarship – revealed Cerberus to be a regular single-headed dog. Two add…
Naukratis
Naukratis, the Greek polis , trading post ( Emporion ), and Egyptian town, was the earliest Greek settlement in Egypt. Occupied from the seventh century BCE to the Middle Ages, it was the main trading port in the western Nile Delta until the Hellenistic period and a major point of Greek–Egyptian intersection. Situated on the eastern bank of the Canopic branch of the Nile between Alexandria and Memphis, it belonged to the district of the Saite cap…
Mortaria from Ancient Corinth
Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens - Volume 79, Number 4, October-December 2010
Ursula Höckmann, Detlev Kreikenbom (Hrsgg.)
Ursula Höckmann, Detlev Kreikenbom (Hrsgg.): Naukratis. Die Beziehungen zu Ostgriechenland, Ägypten und Zypern in archaischer Zeit. Akten der Table Ronde in Mainz, 25.–27. November 1999. Möhnesee-Wamel; Paderborn: Bibliopolis 2001. XII, 275 S. zahlr. Abb. 42 Taf. 4°
For whom did the bell toll in ancient Greece? Archaic and Classical Greek bells at Sparta and beyond
Bells of fairly small size were known across ancient Greece from the Archaic period onwards, both in bronze and terracotta. They are found in sanctuaries, graves and, more rarely, in houses, and served a variety of purposes, both practical and more abstract, in daily life and ritual, and in both male and female contexts. Archaeological, iconographical and literary sources attest to their use as votive offerings in ritual and funerary contexts, as…
Athena Past and Present
Athena in the Classical World
Among ancient Greek deities, none has enjoyed as rich a life as Athena - goddess of war, wisdom and the arts - and she continues to fascinate and challenge today. This volume sheds light on the goddess more comprehensively than has previously been attempted. It brings together the latest research, centring on Greek and Roman religion, literature and archaeology, yet also encompassing ancient Near Eastern, Indo-European, and modern interpretations…
Athena in the classical world
Among ancient Greek deities, none has enjoyed as rich a life as Athena - goddess of war, wisdom and the arts - and she continues to fascinate and challenge today. This volume sheds light on the goddess more comprehensively than has previously been attempted. It brings together the latest research, centring on Greek and Roman religion, literature and archaeology, yet also encompassing ancient Near Eastern, Indo-European, and modern interpretations…
Making pottery in the Nile Delta
For whom did the bell toll in ancient Greece? Archaic and Classical Greek bells at Sparta and beyond
Bells of fairly small size were known across ancient Greece from the Archaic period onwards, both in bronze and terracotta. They are found in sanctuaries, graves and, more rarely, in houses, and served a variety of purposes, both practical and more abstract, in daily life and ritual, and in both male and female contexts. Archaeological, iconographical and literary sources attest to their use as votive offerings in ritual and funerary contexts, as…
Mortaria from Ancient Corinth
Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens - Volume 79, Number 4, October-December 2010
Rhodes and Kos
To date, the pottery production of Rhodes, Kos and other ‘East Dorian’ islands and coastal areas remains little understood. This article presents and discusses new neutron activation analysis (NAA) of eighth–sixth-century bc vessels found on Rhodes and in related areas, placing them in the wider context of past and present archaeometric research. The results highlight the role of Kos as a leading regional centre of painted pottery production and …
Ursula Höckmann, Detlev Kreikenbom (Hrsgg.)
Ursula Höckmann, Detlev Kreikenbom (Hrsgg.): Naukratis. Die Beziehungen zu Ostgriechenland, Ägypten und Zypern in archaischer Zeit. Akten der Table Ronde in Mainz, 25.–27. November 1999. Möhnesee-Wamel; Paderborn: Bibliopolis 2001. XII, 275 S. zahlr. Abb. 42 Taf. 4°
Athena Past and Present
Athena in the Classical World
Among ancient Greek deities, none has enjoyed as rich a life as Athena - goddess of war, wisdom and the arts - and she continues to fascinate and challenge today. This volume sheds light on the goddess more comprehensively than has previously been attempted. It brings together the latest research, centring on Greek and Roman religion, literature and archaeology, yet also encompassing ancient Near Eastern, Indo-European, and modern interpretations…
Athena in the classical world
Among ancient Greek deities, none has enjoyed as rich a life as Athena - goddess of war, wisdom and the arts - and she continues to fascinate and challenge today. This volume sheds light on the goddess more comprehensively than has previously been attempted. It brings together the latest research, centring on Greek and Roman religion, literature and archaeology, yet also encompassing ancient Near Eastern, Indo-European, and modern interpretations…
For whom did the bell toll in ancient Greece? Archaic and Classical Greek bells at Sparta and beyond
Bells of fairly small size were known across ancient Greece from the Archaic period onwards, both in bronze and terracotta. They are found in sanctuaries, graves and, more rarely, in houses, and served a variety of purposes, both practical and more abstract, in daily life and ritual, and in both male and female contexts. Archaeological, iconographical and literary sources attest to their use as votive offerings in ritual and funerary contexts, as…
Ursula Höckmann, Detlev Kreikenbom (Hrsgg.)
Ursula Höckmann, Detlev Kreikenbom (Hrsgg.): Naukratis. Die Beziehungen zu Ostgriechenland, Ägypten und Zypern in archaischer Zeit. Akten der Table Ronde in Mainz, 25.–27. November 1999. Möhnesee-Wamel; Paderborn: Bibliopolis 2001. XII, 275 S. zahlr. Abb. 42 Taf. 4°
Mortaria from Ancient Corinth
Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens - Volume 79, Number 4, October-December 2010
Naukratis
Naukratis, the Greek polis , trading post ( Emporion ), and Egyptian town, was the earliest Greek settlement in Egypt. Occupied from the seventh century BCE to the Middle Ages, it was the main trading port in the western Nile Delta until the Hellenistic period and a major point of Greek–Egyptian intersection. Situated on the eastern bank of the Canopic branch of the Nile between Alexandria and Memphis, it belonged to the district of the Saite cap…
Dangerous Perfection’ and an Old Puzzle Resolved
An Apulian calyx krater attributed to the Underworld Painter that entered the British Museum in 1867 as part of the collection of the Duc de Blacas (GR 1867,0508.1335, Vase F270) has long puzzled scholars on account of its enigmatic iconography, seemingly representing Orpheus and Cerberus in the Underworld. Yet cleaning of the vase some 50 years ago – hitherto unnoticed by scholarship – revealed Cerberus to be a regular single-headed dog. Two add…
Discerning differences
Faience technology was known in Egypt since the Predynastic Period and practiced for a period also in Bronze Age Greece, but, having been lost, was reintroduced to the Greek world only in the first half of the first millennium BC. The Greek island of Rhodes and the Greek-Egyptian trade harbour of Naukratis in the Nile Delta are suspected to be key centres of early Greek-style faience production, exporting amulets and vessels across the Mediterran…
Animal Sacrifice in the Ancient Greek World
Rhodes and Kos
To date, the pottery production of Rhodes, Kos and other ‘East Dorian’ islands and coastal areas remains little understood. This article presents and discusses new neutron activation analysis (NAA) of eighth–sixth-century bc vessels found on Rhodes and in related areas, placing them in the wider context of past and present archaeometric research. The results highlight the role of Kos as a leading regional centre of painted pottery production and …
Athena as Ergane and Promachos
Wahibreemakhet at Saqqara
The case of Wahibreemakhet, son of Alexikles and Zenodote, is the most prominent example for the high status that Greeks – as mercenaries or advisors – could attain in Egypt under the Saite pharaohs. The present article argues that his final resting place should be identified in a tomb at Saqqara that was probably discovered by agents of Giovanni Anastasi in the 1820s and that contained not only Wahibreemakhet’s elaborate stone sarcophagus (now i…
Making pottery in the Nile Delta
The potters of Kom Dahab
History (14 works) · Art (11 works) · Ancient history (10 works) · Archaeology (9 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (9 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (7 works) · History (7 works) · Literature (6 works) · Classics (5 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works)