Images and monuments of near eastern dynasts, 100 BC-AD 100
Kropp, Andreas J. MAuthor
This is an archaeological and art-historical study of the images and monuments of Roman 'client' kings in the Near East from the Taurus to Edom (modern South East Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan) in the important transitional period between the downfall of the Seleucid empire and ancient Rome's establishment of provincial administration across the entire region. The book treats royal portraits, tombs, palaces, coins, and temples as historical documents and aims at uncovering royal identities and ideological aspirations.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is an archaeological and art-historical study of the images and monuments of Roman 'client' kings in the Near East from the Taurus to Edom (modern South East Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan) in the important transitional period between the downfall of the Seleucid empire and ancient Rome's establishment of provincial administration across the entire region. The book treats royal portraits, tombs, palaces, coins, and temples as historical documents and aims at uncovering royal identities and ideological aspirations.
Description based on print version record.
Methods, dynasts, and kingdoms -- Royal portraits -- Royal palaces -- Royal tombs -- Kings and cults -- Images and monuments : projections of royal ideology.
Kings and rulers in art
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East
History & Archaeology
Middle East