Adorning and Protecting
Glass Intaglios and the Changing Character of Being a Sardian in the Early Imperial Period
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4587266 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane Derose Evans (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 200-209 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Near Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/708651 |
| OpenAlex | W3100059168 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Glass intaglios found on a hilltop in Sardis, Turkey are dated by archaeological context to the Augustan period. Iconographic details and the state of the intaglios show that they were made in Sardis, very likely near where they were found. The group of about forty gems gives us insight into the changing sociocultural history of the Sardians at a time when they are adapting to new political realities; they also give us a glimpse of favored motifs of the lower classes, in contrast to the magistrates who paid for local coinages and other euergistic projects
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Political science · Politics · Sociocultural evolution · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |