Les ivoires d’Arslan Tash. Décor d’un mobilier syrien (IXe-VIIIe s.). Théories de l’art heirs of Segalen

heirs of Segalen

culminating with Epicurus

Cambridge Philological Society

Laboratory and restoration reports reconstruct the use of gilding and a wide range of colors now erased

Les ivoires d’Arslan Tash. Décor d’un mobilier syrien (IXe-VIIIe s.). Théories de l’art heirs of SegalenThis book studies for the first time all the ivories decorating a princely wooden furniture discovered by the Assyriologist Franois Thureau Dangin in 1928 on the site of Arslan Tash, in Northern Syria, including the elements acquired on the art market. The ivories are here attributed, at least for the most part, to a Damascene production dating back to the 9th century BC; it is believed to be the booty taken from Damascus by the Assyrians during their