The polychrome grave stelai from the early Hellenistic necropolis
By: Richard Posamentir ; Joseph Coleman Carter, editor
Contributors: Carter, Joseph Coleman; University of Texas at Austin. Institute of Classical Archaeology
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Chersonesan studies -- 1; Chersonesan studies -- 1.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9780292723122
Subjects: Buildings, structures; Towers; Sepulchral monuments; Stele (Archaeology); Fortification; Polychromy; Antiquities; Greek Inscriptions; Hellenistic Sculpture; Cemeteries
Notes: "Institute of Classical Archaeology. Packard Humanities Institute. University of Texas Press."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-475) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The polychrome grave stelai from the early Hellenistic necropolis; title: Catalog of stelai; title: Shape and object analysis; title: Painting; title: Grave stelai found in the Tower of Zeno; title: Grave stelai found outside the Tower of Zeno; title: Dating of the stelai from the Tower of Zeno; title: Crownings, bases, naiskoi, and anthropomorphic stones; title: Location and appearance of the necropolis in the Hellenistic period; title: Comparisons with other funerary stelai; title: Conclusion: The necropolis, its destruction, and the Tower of Zeno; title: Specialist studies; title: Analysis of the Tower of Zeno inscriptions / Paula Perlman; title: Pigment analysis / John Twilley.