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Pasinli, Alpay

THE BOOK OF ALEXANDER SARCOPHAGUS Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

A Turizm Yayinlari, 2000

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Year of publication
2000
ISBN
9757199796
Author
Pasinli, Alpay
Publishers
A Turizm Yayinlari
Keyword
Art And Architecture Archeology & Archaeology Sarcophagi, Iconography Monuments Turkish Studies Turkey Near Eastern, Studies
Cover description
Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Binding description
Hardcover ISBN 9757199796

Description

Scholar's name to ffep (E. Badian). Very light bump to bottom edge of rear board. Else fine. Light stains to front panel of DJ. Else very minor shelfwear to DJ. ; After an introduction of the Royal Necropolis of Sidon, examines the faces and finally the lid of the Alexander Sarcophagus in detail. At the end of the book its decorative style and ornamentation is described. The Alexander Sarcophagus has been a major attraction of the Istanbul Archaeological Museum ever since it was found in the late nineteenth century. Although named after Alexander the Great, the sarcophagus was not his, but was probably that of Abdalonymos, the last king of Sidon (Saida). Abdalonymos owed his throne to Alexander and the latter's close friend and general, Hephaistion. The subject matter of the reliefs decorating the sarcophagus suggests that Abdalonymos was here commemorating his benefactors; the sarcophagus thus takes its name, not from the ruler who commissioned it, but from its iconography; 64 pages