Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization - SAAC

22/11/2023

We kindly invite you to submit papers to the 28th volume of SAAC - Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization.

We remind you that SAAC is an open-access journal indexed by SCOPUS that welcomes articles and shorter notes by established scholars and young academics in defined fields of archaeological and cultural studies:

*Predynastic and early dynastic Egypt
*Archaeology, art and civilization of ancient Egypt and the Middle East
*Archaeology, art and civilization of Greece and its colonies (especially the Black Sea region), Cyprus, Italy and Rome
*Non-Mediterranean ancient civilizations
*History of antiquities collecting and history of archaeological research
*Reception of ancient civilizations in modern Europe

SAAC accepts papers written in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian (for the Black Sea region).

Papers must be submitted by 31st January 2024. The editor reserves the right to postpone the publication of articles sent after the deadline to the next volume.

Articles are published only after they have successfully undergone a double-blind review process. The authors must provide a statement confirming that the article's contents have been prepared independently, to rule out ghostwriting.

If you want to send us your paper proposal, please check out the guidelines for authors on our website (http://www.saac.archeo.uj.edu.pl/) or e-mail us at: [email protected].

14/11/2022

We kindly invite you to submit papers to the 27th volume of SAAC - Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization.

We remind you that SAAC is an open-access journal indexed by SCOPUS that welcomes articles and shorter notes by established scholars and young academics in defined fields of archaeological and cultural studies:

*Predynastic and early dynastic Egypt
*Archaeology, art and civilization of ancient Egypt and the Middle East
*Archaeology, art and civilization of Greece and its colonies (especially the Black Sea region), Cyprus, Italy and Rome
*Non-Mediterranean ancient civilizations
*History of antiquities collecting and history of archaeological research
*Reception of ancient civilizations in modern Europe

SAAC accepts papers written in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian (for the Black Sea region).

Papers must be submitted by 31st January 2023. The editor reserves the right to postpone the publication of articles sent after the deadline to the next volume.
Articles are published only after they have successfully undergone a double-blind review process. The authors must provide a statement confirming that the article's contents have been prepared independently, to rule out ghostwriting.

If you want to send us your paper proposal, please check out the guidelines for authors on our website or e-mail us at: [email protected].

24/06/2022

It is our pleasure to inform you that the 25th volume of "Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization" has been published!

You can read and download all the newest articles at: www.akademicka.pl/saac

Table of contents:

"The Rattles from Tell El-Farcha", Katarzyna Tatoń, Ireneusz Czajka

"Lidded Jar from Grave No. 40 at Tell El-Murra Cemetery", Magdalena Kazimierczak

"Re-Examination of Predynastic Pottery from Minshat Abu Omar (Nile Delta, Egypt). X-Ray Studies on Forming Techniques: Preliminary Remarks", Agnieszka Mączyńska

"Two Fragments of Early Dynastic Flint Bangles from Tell El-Murra in the Context of Finds from Ancient Egypt", Katarzyna Lajs

"The Beginning of Messambria Pontica", Ivo Topalilov

"Brain-Mind-Body-Sign-World: Crossing the Borders", Joanna Jurewicz

"The Horned Horse in the Coinage of Seleucus I Nicator. The Iconography of Power", Robert S. Wójcikowski

"Sacral Inventories and Archaeological Reality in the Isis Sanctuaries oustide Egypt (Late Hellenistic and Roman Periods)", Jean-Louis Podvin

"Gallic Amphorae in Rome (and Ostia) during the Middle Imperial Age: Data Revision and Reflections from the Finds at the ‘Terme Di Elagabalo’ in Rome", Edoardo Radaelli

"Amphores tardo-antiques fabriquées sur le Littoral Sud de la Région De Murcie (Espagne)", Iwona Modrzewska-Pianetti

21/06/2022

21/06/2022

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29/11/2021

CALL FOR PAPERS!

Dear Colleagues,
We would like to kindly invite you to submit papers to the 26th volume of SAAC - Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization (http://www.saac.archeo.uj.edu.pl/).
We remind you that SAAC is an open-access journal indexed by SCOPUS that welcomes articles and shorter notes by established scholars and young academics in defined fields of archaeological and cultural studies:

1. Predynastic and early dynastic Egypt
2. Archaeology, art and civilization of ancient Egypt and Middle East
3. Archaeology, art and civilization of Greece and its colonies (especially the Black Sea region), Cyprus, Italy and Rome
4. Non-Mediterranean ancient civilizations
5. History of antiquities collecting and history of archaeological research
6. Reception of ancient civilizations in modern Europe

SAAC accepts papers written in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian (for the Black Sea region).

Papers must be submitted by 28th February 2022. The editor reserves the right to postpone the publication of articles sent after the deadline to the next volume.

Articles are published only after they have successfully undergone a double-blind review process. The authors are required to provide a statement confirming that the contents of the article have been prepared independently, in order to rule out ghostwriting.
If you want to send us your paper proposal, please check out guidelines for authors or e-mail us at: [email protected].

Kind regards
Prof. Jarosław Bodzek
Chief Editor of SAAC

NEWS SAAC 24 - Published It is our pleasure to inform you that the 24th volume of Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization has been published! Nine articles in the current volume are based on papers presented at the conference RGT2019Symposium "Routes, Goods and Ties: Recent Discoveries and Problems....

18/10/2021

We are pleased to announce that our journal has received funding as part of the third edition of POB Heritage!

(III edycja)

Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization (SAAC)
Redaktor naczelny: dr hab. Jarosław Bodzek, prof. UJ

📚Misja i cele czasopisma
Czasopismo powstało w 1991 roku jako nieregularna seria, która służyła jako forum prezentacji dorobku Instytutu Archeologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Pomysłodawcą serii i pierwszym redaktorem naczelnym był prof. Joachim Śliwa. W latach 2010-2014 funkcję tę pełniła prof. Ewdoksia Papuci-Władyka, a od 2015 r. pełni ją prof. Jarosław Bodzek. Od t. 10 (2007) SAAC stał się regularnym rocznikiem Instytutu Archeologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.

SAAC publikuje prace z dziedziny archeologii, sztuki i cywilizacji. Zakres tematyczny obejmuje m.in. starożytny Egipt, Bliski Wschód, Grecję, Cypr, Rzym, a także inne, nie-śródziemnomorskie cywilizacje starożytne. Mile widziane są również prace dotyczące historii dyscypliny archeologii, zbiorów starożytnych oraz recepcji kultury antycznej we współczesnej Europie.

Strona internetowa czasopisma: http://www.saac.archeo.uj.edu.pl/pl_PL/home

23/07/2021

💾FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 24 we published the article "Entre rêverie et authenticité – une immersion dans l’Égypte Ancienne avec le peintre Stefan Bakałowicz" authored by Valentin Boyer from Centre interdisciplinaire d'études et de recherches sur l'Allemagne, Paris

ABSTRACT
This article consists of a study of two Egyptian paintings of the Russian-Polish painter Stefan Bakalowicz (1857-1947). The study seeks to establish the degree of authenticity and credibility of the represented patterns by finding the sources of archaeological inspiration — both in European Egyptian collections and in the Egyptological works used by artists in the 19th century — which inspired (or could potentially inspire) Bakalowicz to carry out the staging and reconstruction of ancient Egypt. Furthermore, the study focuses on Bakalowicz’s artistic approach and bias as a representative of the late Academicism at the turn of the 20th century. This research is based on the study of the arrangement, choice, and evocative scope of particular patterns as well as the role of fantasy in the service of a theatrical staging of the past Egypt. It also aims to discern elements relating to Egyptomania, Orientalism or even pure academism.

➡ https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/2645

16/07/2021

💾FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 24 we published the article "A note on sasanian-buddhist object of Gyeongju National Museum" authored by Daryoosh Akbarzadeh from Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Teheran

ABSTRACT
Although Korean and late Sasanian texts are silent about mutual relations, archaeological evidences provide a different perspective. This paper deals with an object known at Gyeongju National Museum of the Republic of Korea. The loop was discovered in Bunhwangsa Buddhist Temple in Geun-jik (Gyeongju) region in 2001. Gyeongju’s loop includes a round form made of clay, with a pearly chain (running) in the border and two birds (ducks most probably) appearing in the center of the motif while they are trying to hold a stalk of a herb. Many scholarly works have been published about it and interpreted it as the ‘tree of life.’The author believes that this herb (as distinct from a plant) is a sacred lotus. In fact, the birds try to hold it in their beaks. So, an expert creator of the object used known Sasanian artistic elements on the one hand and combined them with a famous Buddhist element on the other hand. It ispossible the creator attempted to immortalize his work with this sacred lotus: in a Buddhist temple, only such an element was allowed to be introduced.

➡ https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/2644

09/07/2021

💾FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 24 we published the article "A bone disc with an inscription from Marina el-Alamein (Egypt)" authored by Grażyna Bąkowska-Czerner from the Jagiellonian University

ABSTRACT
A bone disc with an inscription has been found at the archaeological site of the Greco-Roman period at Marina el-Alameinin Egypt. It has a hole drilled in the center and a name IOULIOS (Ιούλιος) written in Greek letters on one side. One may wonder about the diskfunction. Names appear on theatre tickets and on game counters, but they also usually bear a number or an image, e.g. a figure or a building. In the town, which has been subject of a recent research, a large number of diverse types of game pieces were discovered; glass pawns and bone counters predominate among them, however, they differ from the discussed disc: they are smooth or decorated with cut concentric circles. The number and variety of pawns indicates diverse types and a big popularity of games among the inhabitants of Marina. The described disc may have been a strategic board game counter.

➡ https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/2643

02/07/2021

💾FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 24 we published the article "Tomb architecture and distribution in the Eastern Necropolis of Nea Paphos, Cyprus" authored by Vasiliki Lysandrou ftom the Cyprus University of Technology / Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου

ABSTRACT
The Eastern necropolis of Nea Paphos is one of the most significant funerary landscapes of Cyprus, primarily because of its connection with the capital of the island during the Hellenistic and Roman times, and therefore of importance for the archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean. The first systematic exploration of the site took place in the 1980s in the form of rescue excavations. Only limited research has been undertaken since then. This article discusses the necropolis based on unpublished material from the rescue excavations. It presents the tombs’ architecture; partially reconstructs the burial ground; reveals the extension of the necropolis; triggers questions related to the dynamics between nearby necropolis, and its potential correlation to satellite habitation sites.

➡ https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/2642

25/06/2021

💾FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 24 we published the article " Archaeological research as a benefit for the local community
Southern Jordan in the preliminary socioarchaeological study" authored by Katarzyna Radziwiłko (University of Warsaw), Łukasz Kutyło (University of Lodz), and Piotr Kołodziejczyk (Jagiellonian University)

ABSTRACT
Starting an archaeological research is not only the beginning of gathering new scientific data for academic analysis. The role of a scientist is not only to build the ‘tower of knowledge,’ but also to make it beneficial to people. Therefore, archaeological projects should also vastly contribute to the promotion of the heritage of the region and its modern value and to the development of tourism, education and local community activities. Understanding the local community and its view on the historical heritage, as well as on archaeological research seems to be a very important aspect of this type of activity. It will not only allow to identify potential risks and create a plan of regular research, excavations, as well as future maintenance. As a benefit of the sociological study, the future revitalization of the area will occur. This outcome may be an important extension of theoretical and practical principles of global heritage protection and may become a standard solution based on the belief that cultural heritage can be a factor of local community development and prosperity.

➡ https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/2641

18/06/2021

💾FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 24 we published the article " Surveying the rural village of Al-Jāyyah (Ma’an Governorate, Jordan): archaeological methodologies and first results
A contribution to the knowledge of the Shawbak territorial settlement in the longue durée " authored by Chiara Marcotulli from University of Florence

ABSTRACT
Surveying the rural village of Al-Jāyyah (Ma’an Governorate, Jordan): archaeological methodologies and first results. A contribution to the knowledge of the Shawbak territorial settlement in the longue durée

This paper presents some preliminary results about systematic Light Archaeology surveys (integrating Building and Landscape Archaeology) that the author is leading in the village of Al-Jāyyah, SE ofthe Shawbak castle, within the archaeological investigations on the landscape surrounding the fortress managed by the Italian archaeological Mission‘Medieval Petra,’ University of Florence. The aim of the surveys is to investigate the historical connection between the castle and the village, suggested by some Medieval written sources. The research’s preliminary outcomes are confirming that even if the present appearance of the village is modern, it preserves significant Medieval material evidences plausibly linked to the Crusader suburb and the Islamic madīnah of Shawbak.

➡ https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/2640

21/05/2021

💾FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 24 we published the article "The view from ‘pre-Crusader’ Shawbak: towards a first contextualization through GIS visibility and spatial analyses" authored by Giacomo Ponticelli from University of Florence

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to provide a first preliminary interpretation of part of the evidence from Shawbak castle which attests to the presence of a ‘pre-Crusader, probably Byzantine fort. The strategic features of the location of the fort, in particular a great abundance of water resources, made it indeed strategically advantageous during the Crusader period and in the later Ayyubid and Mamluk periods. Stratigraphic evidence from readings of extant buildings and excavations revealed that the first Crusader foundation of the castle was laid out upon the remains of a LateRoman/Byzantine fortification identified in different parts of the castle. The presence of such fortification should probably be considered contextual to the presence of major forts and potential watchtower sites that have been documented by previous surveys in the area, in particular, a system of strategic locations depending on the castellum of Da’janiya betweenthe Desert highway to the east and the Via Nova Traiana to the west. The need to protect the fertile strip of land east of Shawbak and the natural resources of the area might have required a system of visual control attested to in other nearby regions, which could have involved a signaling network in communication with Shawbak. In this paper, a series of visibility analyses are proposed in order to demonstrate that such system could have worked for Byzantine Shawbak.

➡ https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/2639

14/05/2021

💾FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 24 we published the article "Archaeological research in the Petra Valley: preliminary remarks from the excavation at the Corinthian Tomb " authored by Raffaele Ranieri and Francesca Cheli from University of Florence

ABSTRACT
The Italian Archaeological Mission ‘Medieval Petra’: archaeology of Crusader-Ayyubid Settlement in Transjordan started an archaeological excavation within the site of Petra, in the Corinthian Tombarea, during the 2015 and 2016 campaigns. The main aim was to clarify the presence and the nature of a potential medieval structure whose evidences were identified during the surveys of 2012 and 2013. This brief paper intends to present some preliminary remarks on the excavation data coming from the stratigraphic analyses and from the ongoing study of the pottery findings related to the context.

➡ https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/2637

07/05/2021

💾FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 24 we published the article "New research in the sacred zone of the Fabrika Hill in Nea Paphos, Cyprus" authored by Jolanta Młynarczyk from Wydział Archeologii Uniwersytet Warszawski

ABSTRACT
The rocky hillock of Fabrika in the north-easternmost part of ancient Nea Paphos, founded during the late 4th century BC, is of key importance for understanding the early phase of the town planning, but at the same time very difficult to be methodically explored. Both its eminent location and geology made it a natural source of building material throughout the ages, greatly hindering any accurate reconstruction of the site development. However, the data collected so far strongly suggest that the arrangement of the southern part of the hill was of a cultic nature. Therefore, on undertaking a joint project with Université d’Avignon, we decided to focus the research on the southern part of the hill where, near the top of an Early Hellenistic theatre, there are rock-cut outlines of a temple possibly devoted to Aphrodite Paphia. During two seasons of fieldwork (2018-2019), we retrieved some important information regarding both an original Hellenistic arrangement of the sacred area and its later (Late Roman/Byzantine and Medieval) use. Some new observations were also made regarding the topographical details of the area.

➡ https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/2635

30/04/2021

💾FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 24 we published the article "Al-Jaya Palace and the New Shawbak Town. A Medieval frontier and the return of the urbanism in the Southern Transjordan" authored by Guido Vannini from University of Florerence

ABSTRACT
The recent discovery – made during the 2018 campaign ofthe ‘Medieval Petra’ Mission of the University of Florence – of the residential al-Jaya Palace at the bottom of the hill of Shawbak’s ‘incastellato’ site is of particular relevance both for medieval and Islamic heritage in Jordan (no architecture of a comparable quality from the Ayyubid-Mamluk periodhas ever been found in the country) and mostly for the archaeological confirmation that underneath al-Jaya, lays the ancient medieval capital city of southern Jordan, founded by Saladin, on the same site of the castle-capital of the previous Crusader Lordship of Transjordan. This result represents a triple confirmation for the scientific program of the Mission: the productivity of the ‘Light Archaeology’ methodology that characterizes our approach; the real existence of the city whose foundation we had deemed to be able to propose (owing solely to the ‘light’ reading son the walls of the ‘castle’); and the excellence of the formal level of the building – perfectly matching the quality of the political and productive structures documented earlier in the castle – that speaks of a cultured and refined city and of an extraordinary strategic project that can be attributed to Saladin’s political intelligence. A project that gave back a new centrality to the entire southern Transjordan and started a settlement and political tradition that is the basis of modern Jordan itself (it is not accidental that the first capital of the state was Ma’an). Once the urban structure that has now appeared is understood, future research will be able to direct the excavations so as to address another great historical question which 2018 investigations have highlighted: we know the birth and begin to read the life of this extraordinary town, butwhen, how and why did it perish so much so that it was forgotten by history (and to be rediscovered by archaeology)? Perhaps for the first time, we will have an opportunity to study archaeologically an aspect of the historical crisis that, probably during the 15th century, engulfed the Arab-Islamicworld, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest. It is an intriguing perspective to be addressed in tandem with a renewed public archaeology program: conservative restoration, social valorization, broad communication directed both to the local communities and to the international public with the implementation of the master plan 2010-14, and, finally, tourist routes connecting Shawbak with the Petra area.

➡ https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/2636

23/04/2021

💾FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 24 we published the article "Monks across the desert. Hermitic life in Christian Petra" authored byAndrea Vanni Desideri and Silvia Leporatti from University of Florence

ABSTRACT
A new interpretation of the pre-Crusader phase of the site follows from the identification of a pre-Crusader rock-cut chapel. In particular, in early mediaeval time, a monastic community at al-Wu’ayra and a number of hermitic cells surrounding a central fortified coenobium preceded the later military castle keep. The Crusaders profited by the presence of a Christian fortified settlement, easy to transform into a military installation by a simple addition of a number of buildings, which are identifiable by a chrono-typology of building techniques. The new program of research which started in 2017 aims at registering, surveying, and studying various hermitic installations around the perimeter of the town in order to contextualize this early medieval phase of al-Wu’ayrain the topography of Petra and contribute to the knowledge of a ‘minor’ and underestimated aspect of the town in early Christian time. In fact, these monastic-hermitic settlements located in segregated spots of the peri-urban area, surviving the abandonment of the major churches of the town, can help to understand in a more realistic way the articulated forms of Christian presence and its duration until the late 19th century.

➡ https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/2638

16/04/2021

FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 24 we published the article "Preliminary remarks on the Iron Age Cypriot imports in Tell Keisan, a Phoenician city in Lower Galilee (Israel)" authored by Mariusz Burdajewicz from Wydział Archeologii/Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland

ABSTRACT
The paper deals with one of several scientific topics mirrored in the history of Tell Keisan, specifically the relationships between Israel/Palestine, Cyprus, and Phoenicia, and is based primarily on the hitherto unpublished Cypriot decorated pottery finds from this site. The earliest occurrence of the Iron Age Cypriot imports at Keisan has been recorded in Stratum 8 (10th century BC), while their increased quantities appear in Strata 5 and 4 (c. 8th-7th century BC). The Black-on-Red ware is the most numerous, while the White Painted and Bichrome wares are quite rare. In Stratum 3 (580-380 BC), the number of Cypriot imports drops dramatically. This was probably the result of a rapid change in the political and then economic situation in this region. In 525 BC, Cyprus became part of the fifth Persian satrapy. This must have had a disastrous effect on the economic situation of some of the Cypriot regions and was one of the reasons for the total cessation of Cypriot imports to the Levantine mainland.

https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/2634

09/04/2021

FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 24 we published the article "Late neolithic cultural landscape in the Al-Jafr Basin, southern Jordan: a brief review in context" authored by Sumio Fujii from Kanazawa University, Japan

ABSTRACT
The Late Neolithic cultural landscape in southern Jordan was poorly understood due to the deficiency of basic information. However, recent investigations are improving this situation. A good example is provided by the discovery of a Jericho IX pottery assemblage at Munqata’a near Tafileh, which offers a glimpse into the influence of an exotic culture on the post-PPNB cultural landscape in southern Jordan. However, things are different in the al-Jafr Basin to the east, where a new adaptation strategy to cope with increasing aridification was sought within the context of the traditional PPNB outpost culture. The difference in cultural landscapes between the east and the west in this period ushers in the era of ‘the desert and the sown.’ In preparation for future comparative study, this paper briefly reviews past research outcomes in the basin and discusses the Late Neolithic cultural landscape at the arid margin of southern Jordan.

https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/2633

22/03/2021

It is our pleasure to inform you that the 24th volume of Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization has been published! Nine articles in the current volume are based on papers presented at the conference RGT2019Symposium "Routes, Goods and Ties: Recent Discoveries and Problems of Southern Levantine Archaeology", and four are non-conference texts. All the articles were peer-reviewed.

You can read and download all the newest articles at: https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/issue/view/178

Table of contents:

* "Foreword to the Articles from RGT2019 Conference" Guido Vannini, Piotr Kołodziejczyk

* "Late neolithic cultural landscape in the Al-Jafr Basin, southern Jordan: a brief review in context" Sumio Fujii

* "Preliminary remarks on the Iron Age Cypriot imports in Tell Keisan, a Phoenician city in Lower Galilee (Israel)" Mariusz Burdajewicz

* "New research in the sacred zone of the Fabrika Hill in Nea Paphos, Cyprus" Jolanta Młynarczyk

* "Al-Jaya Palace and the New Shawbak Town. A Medieval frontier and the return of the urbanism in the Southern Transjordan" Guido Vannini

* "Archaeological research in the Petra Valley: preliminary remarks from the excavation at the Corinthian Tomb" Raffaele Ranieri, Francesca Cheli

* "Monks across the desert. Hermitic life in Christian Petra" Andrea Vanni Desideri, Silvia Leporatti

* "The view from ‘pre-Crusader’ Shawbak: towards a first contextualization through GIS visibility and spatial analyses" Giacomo Ponticelli

* "Surveying the rural village of Al-Jāyyah (Ma’an Governorate, Jordan): archaeological methodologies and first results A contribution to the knowledge of the Shawbak territorial settlement in the longue durée" Chiara Marcotulli

* "Archaeological research as a benefit for the local community Southern Jordan in the preliminary socioarchaeological study" Katarzyna Radziwiłko, Łukasz Kutyło, Piotr Kołodziejczyk

Non-conference articles:

* "Tomb architecture and distribution in the Eastern Necropolis of Nea Paphos, Cyprus" Vasiliki Lysandrou

* "A bone disc with an inscription from Marina el-Alamein (Egypt)" Grażyna Bąkowska-Czerner

* "A note on Sasanian-buddhist object of Gyeongju National Museum" Daryoosh Akbarzadeh

* "Entre rêverie et authenticité – une immersion dans l’Égypte Ancienne avec le peintre Stefan Bakałowicz" Valentin Boyer

01/12/2020

FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 23 we published the article "The Blocked-out Capitals from the Area of the Agora of Amathous, Cyprus" authored by dr eng. Aleksanrda Brzozowska-Jawornicka form Wrocław University of Science and Technology

ABSTRACT
The subject of the paper is to present the so-called blockedout capitals excavated in Amathous related to, among others, Nabataean capitals type 1. The analyzed pieces constitute fragments of several different capitals belonging to supports of various types and scales once being parts of presently unknown buildings erected in the vicinity of Agora and in the area of the domestic dwellings west of the Agora. Most probably all of the fragments were parts of simplified capitals derived from Corinthian ones.

https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/1114

24/11/2020

FROM OUR ARCHIVE

In SAAC 23 we published the article "Combat, Myths and Seals in the Griffin Warrior Times" by Kazimierz Lewartowski from Wydział Archeologii/Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytet Warszawski.

ABSTRACT
In 2015, an intaglio gem was discovered in Pylos (Messenia, Greece) from the beginning of the Late Bronze Age with a scene of two warriors in combat. This representation is part of a group of similar images on seals. The analysis of these objects allows the suggestion that the scenes depicted on them are based on the same story/myth. This story helped to build the ideology of the Mycenaean elites based on, among other things, the use of violence in social life and set patterns of behavior, while at the same time linking the Mycenaeans living in different parts of Greece, especially in Mycenae, Pylos and Vapheio. Perhaps it had an epic dimension similar to Homer’s much later work.

https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/1109