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The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Vol. IV, Part 3, scan 1

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The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Vol. IV, Part 3: The Hellenistic and Roman Periods in Cyprus

Olof Vessberg; Alfred Westholm

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Volume IV, Part 3 of The Swedish Cyprus Expedition (Lund 1956) covers the Hellenistic and Roman periods in Cyprus. It is by Olof Vessberg and Alfred Westholm. According to the preface, Westholm began the work and Vessberg took over the chapters on stone sculpture, other arts and crafts and the historical survey after Westholm became curator of the Gothenburg Art Gallery; each section is signed A. W. or O. V. The drawings are by Bror Millberg.

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The volume opens with architecture: sanctuaries (Soli, Old Paphos, Salamis, Kourion), houses, public buildings such as theatres, gymnasia, baths and water systems, and tombs from Marion to Salamis, followed by a study of architectural relations. The pottery is classified in five phases, Hellenistic I–II and Roman I–III, with chronology and ceramic relations. Sculpture in stone, bronze and terracotta follows, then other arts and crafts (metalwork, jewellery, terracotta lamps, bone), a summary and historical survey, and an appendix by Gudmund Björck on the metric inscription from Soli. The site study that preceded it is Westholm's The Temples of Soli.

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  • Vessberg, O. and Westholm, A. 1956. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, vol. IV, part 3: The Hellenistic and Roman Periods in Cyprus. Lund: The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Preface pp. V–VI and Contents.

Contents

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  1. PREFACEV
  2. CONTENTSp. VII
  3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXTp. XI
  4. LIST OF PLATESp. XXII
  5. Architecturep. 2
  6. SanctuariesI
  7. SOLIp. 2
  8. OLD PAPHOS (KOUKLIA)p. 7
  9. SALAMISp. 8
  10. KURIONp. 9
  11. SUMMARYp. 10
  12. Domestic ArchitectureII
  13. MERSINAKIII
  14. KITIONp. 12
  15. SALAMISp. 12
  16. KOUKLIAp. 12
  17. Public Buildingsp. 12
  18. THEATREp. 12
  19. GYMNASIONp. 15
  20. BATHp. 15
  21. WATER CISTERNS AND AQUEDUCTS: Salamis; Paphos; Evdhimoup. 16
  22. Tombsp. 18
  23. MARIONp. 20
  24. KATYDATAp. 22
  25. SKOURIOTISSAp. 22
  26. LEFKAp. 22
  27. NEW PAPHOS (KTIMA)p. 22
  28. OLD PAPHOS (KOUKLIA)p. 23
  29. KURIONp. 24
  30. Viiip. 24
  31. AMATHUSp. 24
  32. KERYNIAp. 26
  33. POLITIKOp. 26
  34. AJII OMOLOJITADESp. 26
  35. KITIONp. 26
  36. XYLOTYMBOUp. 27
  37. AJIOS SERGIOSp. 27
  38. SALAMISp. 29
  39. KOUNTOURA TRACHONIAp. 29
  40. TSAMBRES AND APHENDRIKAp. 30
  41. SUMMARYp. 30
  42. Architectural Relationsp. 34
  43. THE COURT TEMPLEp. 34
  44. CHAPELp. 48
  45. THE PODIUM TEMPLE IN CONNECTION WITH AGORAp. 48
  46. DOMESTIC ARCHITECTUREp. 49
  47. TOMBSp. 50
  48. Potteryp. 55
  49. Introduction53
  50. Hellenistic I Potteryp. 55
  51. TECHNIQUE: Glazed Ware; Glazed Painted Ware; Vitreous Coated Ware; White Painted Ware; Plain White Ware; Coarse Warep. 55
  52. SHAPE AND DECORATION: Bowl; Crater; Jar; Jug; Unguentarium; Hydria; Cooking Pot; Amphorap. 57
  53. Hellenistic II Potteryp. 62
  54. TECHNIQUE: Glazed Ware; Glazed Painted Ware; White Painted Ware; Plain White Ware; Coarse Ware; "Megarian" Ware; Hellenistic "Pergamene" Warep. 62
  55. SHAPE AND DECORATION: Plate and Bowl; Jug; Unguentarium; Cooking Pot; Amphorap. 64
  56. Roman I Potteryp. 66
  57. TECHNIQUE: Glazed Ware; Roman Pergamene Ware; Barbotine Ware and "Thorn" Ware; Samian and Arretine Wares; Plain White Warep. 66
  58. SHAPE AND DECORATION: Bowl; Jug; Unguentarium; Amphorap. 68
  59. Roman II Potteryp. 69
  60. TECHNIQUE: Pergamene Ware; Plain White and Coarse Waresp. 69
  61. SHAPE AND DECORATION: Jug; Cooking Potp. 69
  62. Roman III Potteryp. 70
  63. TECHNIQUE: Plain White Ware; Late Roman Red Warep. 70
  64. SHAPE AND DECORATION: Bowl; Jug; Amphorap. 71
  65. Chronology and Ceramic Relationsp. 71
  66. IXp. 73
  67. HELLENISTIC I PERIODp. 73
  68. HELLENISTIC II PERIODp. 78
  69. ROMAN I PERIODp. 79
  70. ROMAN II PERIODp. 80
  71. ROMAN III PERIODp. 81
  72. SCULPTUREp. 82
  73. Stone Sculpturesp. 83
  74. THE HELLENISTIC AGE: Some Important Types of Draped Statues; Types of Deities; Other Free Sculpture; Reliefsp. 83
  75. THE ROMAN AGE: Free Sculpture (Portraits); Reliefs97
  76. Bronze Sculpturesp. 104
  77. Terracotta Sculpturesp. 104
  78. LARGE-SIZED TERRACOTTASp. 104
  79. MINOR TERRACOTTAS: Draped female figures; Male votaries; Deitiesp. 106
  80. Other Arts And Craftsp. 112
  81. Typology111
  82. IRON: Pin; Nail; Strigil; Mounting111
  83. LEAD: Mirror; Mountingp. 112
  84. BRONZE: Arrow-head; Netting Needle; Strigil; Mirror and Mirror-case; Pin; Dipping-rod; Fibula; Finger-ring; Bracelet; Lamp; Chain; Key; Mountingp. 112
  85. SILVER: Earring; Finger-ringp. 115
  86. GOLD: Earring; Wreath; Necklace; Finger-ring; Discp. 118
  87. TERRACOTTA: Lampp. 121
  88. GLASS: Sand-core Glassp. 128
  89. Moulded Glass: Bowlp. 128
  90. STONE: Ladle; Vase; Finger-ringp. 175
  91. SEMI-PRECIOUS STONE: Pendantp. 176
  92. BONE: Finger-ring; Pendant; Inlay, Handlep. 176
  93. Chronologyp. 177
  94. IRON AND BRONZEp. 177
  95. JEWELLERYp. 179
  96. TERRACOTTA LAMPSp. 184
  97. SAND-CORE AND MOULDED GLASSp. 193
  98. x STONEp. 219
  99. BONEp. 219
  100. SUMMARY AND HISTORICAL SURVEYp. 220
  101. Appendixp. 248
  102. ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE METRIC INSCRIPTION FROM SOLIp. 248
  103. BIBLIOGRAPHY by E. Berggrenp. 251
  104. INDEX257
  105. List Of Illustrations In The Textp. xviii
  106. For abbreviations indicating excavation sites: A.=Amathus, etc. see Swed. Cyp. Exp. I, pp. XVIII
  107. Fig. Page Fig. 1. Soli. Plan of Temple A (Period 1)p. 2
  108. Fig. 2. Soli. Original plan of Temples B and C (Period 2)p. 3
  109. Fig. 3. Soli. Altered plan of Temples B and C (Period 4?)p. 4
  110. Fig. 4. Soli. Plan of Temple D (Period 2)p. 5
  111. Fig. 5. Soli. Original plan of Temple E (Period 3)p. 6
  112. Fig. 6. Soli. Plan of Temples E and F as in Period 4p. 7
  113. Figs. 7–9. Cypriote coins. 7–8: dating from the time of Vespasian; 9: from the time of Caracalla (after Hill)p. 8
  114. Fig. 10. Salamis. Site Cp. 9
  115. Fig. 11. Kurion. Sanctuary of Apollon Hylatesp. 10
  116. Fig. 12. Soli. The Theatre (cf. S.C.E. III, Fig. 311)p. 13
  117. Fig. 13. Salamis. Site Bp. 15
  118. Fig. 14. Salamis. Roman reservoir called the "Loutron"p. 16
  119. Fig. 15. Salamis. Roman cisternp. 17
  120. Fig. 16. Hellenistic and Roman tombsp. 19
  121. 4. Marion, Site K. 63. J.H.S. XI, 1890, pp. 25
  122. 5. Marion, Site M. 3. J.H.S. XI, 1890, pp. 26
  123. Fig. 17. Hellenistic and Roman tombsp. 21
  124. 1–2. Paphos (Ktima). Archaeologia LXVI, 1915, p. 167, Figs. 6p. 7
  125. 3. Paphos (Ktima). J.H.S. IX, 1888, p. 267, Figp. 2
  126. 4. Kurion 8. A.J.A. L, 1946, pp. 449 ff Fig. 18. Hellenistic and Roman tombsp. 25
  127. 1. Amathus 26. S.C.E. II, pp. 136 ff 2. Kition. Archaeologia LXVI, 1915, p. 171, Figp. 11
  128. 3. Salamis. Anlage I. A.M. VI, 1881, Plp. VIII
  129. 4. Ajii Omolojitades. Rep. Dep. Antiq. Cyprus 1934, 1935 , pp. 13
  130. 5. Salamis. Anlage II:II. A.M. VI, 1881, Plp. VIII
  131. 6. Salamis, Ajios Varnavas. J.H.S. XII, 1891, pp. 104
  132. 7. Salamis. Anlage II:IV. A.M. VI, 1881, Plp. VIII
  133. 8. Salamis. Anlage II:I, III. A.M. VI, 1881, Plp. VIII
  134. 9. Salamis. A.M. VIII, 1883, pp. 133 ff Fig. 19. Hellenistic and Roman tombsp. 28
  135. Salamis, "The Prison of Ajia Katherina" Fig. 20. Hellenistic and Roman tombsp. 31
  136. Fig. 21. Hellenistic I Pottery After pagep. 52

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