Metal vases of the 4th-2th centuries B.C. from Greece

Abstract

The present thesis focused on a thoroughly study of all metal vases found in Greece, dating from 400 to 100 B.C., according to the preserved vases, their imitations in other materials, their depictions in art and the literary and epigraphical sources in order to define their use, name, occurrence, chronology and workshops of production. As a result of a profound study of all available material from bibliographical sources and to a minor degree from visits in museums, we concluded to the followings. The majority of the metal vases under examination are attested in tombs, favoring their preservation, and secondly in sanctuaries and urban environments. Melting of metal objects, plunder or natural disasters were the main causes of their loss during antiquity and afterwards. At this point, literary sources are particularly revealing about the diversity and the quantity of precious vases in the ownership of the kings and the elite during the 4th-2th centuries B.C., scarcely imaginable by ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/30370
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/30370
ND
30370
Alternative title
Μετάλλινα αγγεία του 4ου - 2ου αι. π.Χ. από τον ελλαδικό χώρο
Author
Τουλουμτζίδου, Ανναρέτα (Πατρώνυμο: Γεώργιος)
Date
2011
Degree Grantor
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Committee members
Φάκλαρης Παναγιώτης
Μουστάκα Αλίκη
Νίγδελης Παντελεήμων
Τιβέριος Μιχαήλ
Πινγιάτογλου Σεμέλη
Ακαμάτης Ιωάννης
Μανακίδου Ελένη
Discipline
Humanities and the Arts
History and Archaeology
Keywords
Metal vases; Metalware; Greece; Workshops; Bronze vases; Silver vases; Toreutics; Macedonia
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
2 τόμοι (Α' τόμος 415 σ. και Β' τόμος 415 σ.), im., tbls.
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