Material Studies. Hellenistic - Islamic

Coins, Glass, Inscriptions, Pipes, Pottery, Reliefs. Edited by Xenia Kolinska, Rafal Kolinski and Dorota Lawecka.

This volume brings together contributions summing up information on settlement development in the UGZAR study area during the later historic period (from c. 300 BC to the present), Separate chapters describe the settlement structure and its changes as well as present pottery material typical for the Hellenistic, Parthian, Sasanian and subsequent subdivisions of the Islamic period. A monographic chapter is devoted to the study of the Batas relief - an exceptional monument in the UGZAR area. Further chapters address other significant groups of finds collected by the UGZAR project's team: the Sasanian Stamped Ware, Arabic inscriptions on tombstones, coins, glass items (vessels and bracelets) and tobacco pipes. The volume is illustrated by maps showing site distribution and by plates presenting pottery forms, types of decoration and other material characteristic for each of the periods analysed. 403 Seiten mit 67 meist farbigen Textabb., 59 Tabellen, 36 Karten und 40 Tafeln, Großformat, gebunden (Settlement History of Iraqi Kurdistan; Vol. 11.3/Harrassowitz 2024) Schnitt leicht bestoßen/book cut slightly bumped