Marble origins by isotopic analysis

Some evidence for the specification of white marbles by Greek and Roman sculptors, contractors and clients is briefly reviewed. The value to archaeologists and art historians of identifying white marbles is considered. Some methods of identification are discussed: in particular, the advantages and limitations of carbon and oxygen stable isotope analysis. A report follows on a preliminary programme of isotopic analysis of Roman sarcophagi in the collections of the British Museum, illustrating the application of this technique to solving problems of associating particular sarcophagi in pairs or groups. These may reflect the products of a particular workshop, or the linking of workshops with known quarries. Imitations of well‐known types of sarcophagus, made of marble not normally associated with the type, may also be identified with the aid of isotopic analysis. The technique may help identify workshops located in metropolitan centres far from the quarries, where iconography may not be used to link the finished products of an urban workshop with sarcophagi roughed out at the quarry. Finally, isotopic analysis may help to associate fragments which, if they belong to the same object, would have been cut from the same block of marble

Archaeology · Iconography · Isotope analysis · White (mutation · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Building materials and conservation · Chemistry · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Geology · History

• Local and provincial institutions and government

  Open Access•Hartmut Galsterer•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Commerce and finance

  Open Access•Jean Andreau•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• The growth of administrative posts

  Open Access•Werner Eck•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Africa

  Open Access•C R Whittaker•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• The emperor and his advisers

  Open Access•Werner Eck•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• The army

  Open Access•Mark Hassall•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Religion

  Open Access•J H W G Liebeschuetz•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• The Danube provinces

  Open Access•J J Wilkes•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Cyrenaica

  Open Access•Joyce Reynolds•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Hadrian to the Antonines

  Open Access•A R Birley•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Roman Germany

  Open Access•Christof Rüger•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Nerva to Hadrian

  Open Access•Miriam Griffin•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Family and household

  Open Access•Richard Saller•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Britain

  Open Access•Michael Fulford•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Emperor, Senate and magistrates

  Open Access•Werner Eck•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Provincial administration and finance

  Open Access•Werner Eck•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Greece and Asia Minor

  Open Access•Barbara Levick•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• The Flavians

  Open Access•Miriam Griffin•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Rome and Italy

  Open Access•Nicholas Purcell•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Trade

  Open Access•William V Harris•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Frontiers

  Open Access•C R Whittaker•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Status and patronage

  Open Access•Richard Saller•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Art and architecture

  Open Access•Malcolm A R Colledge•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Rebels and outsiders

  Open Access•Brent D Shaw•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• The land

  Open Access•Peter Garnsey•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Literacy

  Open Access•Greg Woolf•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Demography

  Open Access•Bruce W Frier•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• Literature and sophistic

  Open Access•Ewen Bowie•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• The Cambridge Ancient History

  Open Access•I E S Edwards, John B Bury et al.•The Cambridge ancient history.•2000

  Incluir item

• From a Phrygian Quarry

  Marc Waelkens•American Journal of Archaeology•1985

  Incluir item

• Diokletians Preisedikt

  Siegfried Lauffer•Diokletians Preisedikt•1971

  Incluir item

• Greek Marbles

  Open Access•Harmon Craig, Valerie Craig•Science•1972

  Incluir item

• Nicomedia and the Marble Trade

  Open Access•J B Ward-Perkins•Papers of the British School at…•1980

  Incluir item

• Aegean Marble

  Open Access•Bernard Ashmole•The Annual of the British School…•1970

  Incluir item

• Aegean Marble

  Open Access•Colin Renfrew, J Springer Peacey•The Annual of the British School…•1968

  Incluir item

• Il commercio dei sarcofagi attici

  Raymond V Schoder, Antonio Giuliano•The Classical World•1963

  Incluir item

• A Preliminary Evaluation of Chemical Data (Trace Element) From Classical Marble Quarries in the Mediterranean

  Open Access•L CONFORTO, M FELICI et al.•Archaeometry•1975

  Incluir item

• Determination of Marble Provenance

  Open Access•K GERMANN, Gerhard Holzmann et al.•Archaeometry•1980

  Incluir item

• Stable Isotope Identification of Greek and Turkish Marbles

  Open Access•Max Coleman, Susan Walker•Archaeometry•1979

  Incluir item

• Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Ratios of Marbles From Some Ancient Quarries of Western Anatolia and Their Archaeological Significance

  Open Access•Luigia Manfra, Umberto Masi et al.•Archaeometry•1975

  Incluir item

• The Greek Temple Builders at Epidauros

  A Trevor Hodges, A Trevor Hodge et al.•Phoenix•1970

  Incluir item