Posamentir, Polychrome Stelai (2011)
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Richard Posamentir, The Polychome Grave Stelai from the Early Hellenistic Necropolis Joseph Coleman Carter (ed) series Chersonesan Studies 1 (Institute of Classical Archaeology, Packard Humanities Institute, University of Texas Press, Austin 2011)
‘This book is a first in several important ways. It is the first volume in a new series of publications, Chersonesan Studies, undertaken by the Institute of Classical Archaeology at the University of Texas, with support from the Packard Humanities Institute. It is the first fruit of a pioneer collaboration between a foreign classical archaeological mission and a major cultural institution of the former Soviet Union, the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos. And it is the full publication of a collection of funerary stelai, monuments that rank among the most extensive and varied examples of color use in ancient Greek art.
[…] Buried in the Tower of Zeno and fortification walls of ancient Chersonesos the stelai [used in the Hellenistic Necropolis of the ancient city and dated in the 3rd c. BC] were discovered in the mid-20th century, but they remained virtually unknown, both in the West and outside the immediate area. I “rediscovered” the stelai in 1992 on my first visit to Chersonesos, and I believe that these exceptional monuments of Greek civilization on the Black Sea should be made available to scholars everywhere, inside and outside the former Soviet Union.’ (From the ‘Series Foreword’ by Joseph Coleman Carter p. IX).
Contents: Series Forward (J. Coleman Carter) pp. ix-xıı. Author’s Preface pp. xiii-xvi.
PART I: The Polychome Grave Stelai from the Early Hellenistic Necropolis 1. Introduction pp. 1-11. 2. Catalog of Grave Stelai pp.13-128. 3. Shape and Object Analysis pp.129-154. 4. Painting pp. 155-168. 5. Stelai from Inside the Tower of Zeno pp. 169-201. 6. Stelai from Outside the Tower of Zeno pp. 203-214. 7. Dating of Grave Stelai pp. 215-226. 8. Associated Elements: Crownings, Bases, Naiskoi, and Anthropomorphic Stones pp. 227-248. 8a. Catalog of Associated Elements pp. 249-343. 9. The location and Appearance of the Necropolis in the Hellenistic Period pp. 345-355. 10. Stelai Comparisons pp. 357-372. 11. Conclusion: The Necropolis, Its Destruction, and the Tower of Zeno pp. 373-380.
PART II: Special Studies 12. Paula Perlman, The People of the Citadel Necropolis pp. 383-428. 12a. Catalog of Inscriptions pp. 429-454. 13. John Twilley, Pigment Analyses for the Grave Stelai and Architectural Fragments from Chersonesos pp. 455-461.
References pp. 463-475. Index 477-483. Index of Catalog number pp. 484-486. Illustration Credits pp. 487-489. Total pages, 510.