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Colour in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Colour in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Liza Cleland and Karen Stears With Glenys Davies
BAR International Series 1267 2004
Colour in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Liza Cleland and Karen Stears With Glenys Davies
BAR International Series 1267 2004
Published in 2016 by BAR Publishing, Oxford BAR International Series 1267
Colourin the Ancient Mediterranean World © The authors individually and the Publisher 2004 Volume Editor: John W Hedges The authors' moral rights under the 1988 UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act are hereby expressly asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be copied, reproduced, stored, sold, distributed, scanned, saved in any form of digital format or transmitted in any form digitally, without the written permission of the Publisher.
ISBN 9781841713731 paperback ISBN 9781407326870 e-format DOI https://doi.org/10.30861/9781841713731 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library BAR Publishing is the trading name of British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Ltd. British Archaeological Reports was first incorporated in 1974 to publish the BAR Series, International and British. In 1992 Hadrian Books Ltd became part of the BAR group. This volume was originally published by Hedges in conjunction with British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Ltd/ Hadrian Books Ltd, the Series principal publisher, in 2004. This present volume is published by BAR Publishing, 2016.
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Published in 2016 by BAR Publishing, Oxford BAR International Series 1267
Colourin the Ancient Mediterranean World © The authors individually and the Publisher 2004 Volume Editor: John W Hedges The authors' moral rights under the 1988 UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act are hereby expressly asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be copied, reproduced, stored, sold, distributed, scanned, saved in any form of digital format or transmitted in any form digitally, without the written permission of the Publisher.
ISBN 9781841713731 paperback ISBN 9781407326870 e-format DOI https://doi.org/10.30861/9781841713731 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library BAR Publishing is the trading name of British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Ltd. British Archaeological Reports was first incorporated in 1974 to publish the BAR Series, International and British. In 1992 Hadrian Books Ltd became part of the BAR group. This volume was originally published by Hedges in conjunction with British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Ltd/ Hadrian Books Ltd, the Series principal publisher, in 2004. This present volume is published by BAR Publishing, 2016.
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Marek Baranski Coloured Hellenistic Architectural Remains from El Ashmunein (Hermopolis Magna) Egypt
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SECTION THREE: COLOUR IN LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC CULTURE Patricia Hannah The Cosmetic Use of Red Ochre (Miltos)
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Kerasia Stratiki Melas in Greek Cultural Practices: the case of heroic sacrifices in the Periegesis of Pausanias
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Andreas Fountoulakis The Colours of Desire and Death: Colour Terms in Bion's Epitaph on Adonis
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Mark Bradley The Colour 'Blush' in Ancient Rome
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Jacqueline Clarke Colour Sequences in Catullus' 'Long Poems'
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David A. Warburton The Terminology of Ancient Egyptian Colours in Context
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Michael Clarke The Semantics of Colour in the Early Greek Word-Hoard
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AFTER-PAPER Liza Cleland Colour in Antiquity
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PLATE CAPTIONS
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PLATE SECTION
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Acknowledgements I would like to thank Dr. Karen Stears for organising the conference, Dr. Glenys Davies for proof-reading the penultimate draft of this text , and John Hedges , the publisher , for his encouragement in making it camera-ready. I also thank all the contributors for bearing with me throughout the long and complex process of bringing the volume together. On a more personal note, I thank Anna for coming through on the illustrations when it mattered , and generally the Clelands and MacDonalds , for their support and inspiration , and for helping me keep it together.
Erratum p. 128 left column: The Akkadian word uqnu denotes both lapis lazuli and a kind of blue, and is derived from the Egyptian word for amethyst, which was not used as a colour-term in Egyptian (Warburton 2004; forthcoming). Should read The Akkadian word uqnu denotes both lapis lazuli and a kind of blue. This blue is different from a lighter blue for which the Akkadian word, khashmanum , is derived from the Egyptian word for amethyst, which was not used as a colour-term in Egyptian (Warburton 2004; forthcoming).
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Pl.1 (Eremin) 17th Dynasty; Qurna; adult female and child, high status, 2nd Intermediate Period
Pl.3 (Eremin) Roman period (late 2nd early 3rd C. AD); Thebes; two boys
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Pl.2 (Eremin) 21st Dynasty; Thebes; adult male, priest, 3rd Int. Period
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Pl.4: (Brysbaert) Dolphin design after application of yellow paint.
Pl.6: (Brysbaert) Coloured earths applied in honey (top) and lime water (bottom).
Pl.5: (Brysbaert) Dry dolphin design showing shiny surface and trowelling marks.
Pl. 7: (Rozenberg) Reconstruction of Room B51 decoration.
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Plate Section
Pl.8: (Rozenberg) Western wall of Room B90.
Pl.9: (Rozenberg) Reconstruction of Room B88 decoration.
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Plate Section Pl.10: (Rozenberg) Northern wall of Hall B70.
Pl.11: (Rozenberg) Reconstruction of Room B73 decoration.
Pl.13: (Rozenberg) Bowl with Egyptian Blue.
Pl.12 (Rozenberg) Cooking pot with cinnabar pigment.
Pl.14: (Rozenberg) Painted plaster fragments.
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Pl.15: (Shamir) Purple band, dyed with kermes, ‘En Rahel.
Pl.16: (Shamir) Brown wool, with shaded blue band, ‘En Rahel.
Pl. 17: (Shamir) Patch with red band.
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Plate Section
Pl.18: (Shamir) Ikat
Pl. 19: (Causey) Amber.
Pl. 21: (Blakolmer) Middle Minoan terracotta figurine, Petsophas, Crete.
Pl.20: (Gillis) Clay cups covered in tin foil (left) and oxidised tin foil (right).
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Plate Section Pl.22: (Blakolmer) Kamares Style vase, Phaistos
Pl.23: (Blakolmer) Tablets of house facades, ‘Town Mosaic’, Knossos
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Pl. 24: (Blakolmer) ‘Miniature Fresco’, South Frieze, Akrotiri, Thera
Pl. 25: (Blakolmer) Reconstruction drawing of Mycenaean ‘Procession Fresco’ from Thebes
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Pl. 26: (Deacy) Head of bronze Athena, Piraeus
Pl. 27: (Villing) Head of Augustus, Meroe
Pl. 28: (Baranski) Coloured reconstructions of capitals, Wace (left) Baranski (right).
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