Les ivoires d’Arslan Tash. Décor d’un mobilier syrien (IXe-VIIIe s.). Théories de l’art 39th Supplement to the Archaeological

39th Supplement to the Archaeological Review of Central France

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Les ivoires d’Arslan Tash. Décor d’un mobilier syrien (IXe-VIIIe s.). Théories de l’art 39th Supplement to the ArchaeologicalThis 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