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Book·1936·English

The Temples of Soli: Studies on Cypriote Art during Hellenistic and Roman Periods

Alfred Westholm

296 scanned pages, each shown beside its printed text, with 80 pages of plates and figures.

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The Temples of Soli (Stockholm 1936) is Alfred Westholm's publication of the temple site the Swedish Cyprus Expedition excavated outside the ancient city of Soli. The Expedition began work at Soli in 1927 with the theatre and trial trenches; in June 1930 a trial pit west of the city, where a stone sphinx had been found in 1928, produced sculpture and building foundations. Westholm re-examined the remains in 1933 and 1934.

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In his preface Westholm presents the volume as a study in the history of art for the Hellenistic and Roman periods, for which he found no fixed chronology, and his classification of the pottery as a first attempt based on the Soli material alone. Religion and the inscriptions were left to later SCE volumes.

The book covers the topography and ancient records of Soli, the architecture by building period and the reconstruction of the temples, then the finds: pottery by ware, sculpture by material and style, coins and inscriptions. It closes with chronology, the identification of the temples, a bibliography, an index and plates.

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  • Westholm, A. 1936. The Temples of Soli: Studies on Cypriote Art during Hellenistic and Roman Periods. Stockholm: The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Preface pp. 1–2 and Introduction pp. 7–8.

Contents

From the book’s own headings

  1. THE TEMPLES OF SOLIscan 1
  2. INTRODUCTIONp. 7
  3. TOPOGRAPHYp. 13
  4. NOTES ON SOME ANCIENT RECORDS OF SOLIp. 15
  5. ARCHITECTURE (Plan II)p. 22
  6. ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTSp. 25
  7. Wall 20.p. 30
  8. Wall 21.p. 30
  9. Wall 22.p. 30
  10. Altars.p. 58
  11. Stairs.p. 62
  12. Water-conduit and cisterns.p. 64
  13. Section III (Plan III, 3).p. 68
  14. Section IV (Plan III, 4).p. 69
  15. Section V (Plan III, 5).p. 69
  16. Section VI (Plan IV, 1).p. 69
  17. Section XIV (Plan V, 3).p. 75
  18. Section XV (Plan V, 4).p. 75
  19. Section XVI (Plan V, 5).p. 76
  20. ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSISp. 77
  21. Period 1.p. 88
  22. Period 2.p. 88
  23. Period 3.p. 93
  24. Period 4.p. 93
  25. First intermediate period.p. 95
  26. Second intermediate period.p. 95
  27. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLESp. 96
  28. Temple F.p. 99
  29. FINDSp. 99
  30. CLASSIFICATION OF FINDSp. 114
  31. Black Lustrous I Ware.p. 116
  32. Black Lustrous II Ware.p. 116
  33. Red Lustrous II Ware.p. 119
  34. Mat Red Ware.p. 120
  35. Black Polished I Ware.p. 121
  36. Black Polished II Ware.p. 121
  37. Monochrome Red Ware.p. 121
  38. White Painted Ware.p. 122
  39. Grooved Ware.p. 122
  40. CLASSIFICATION OF FINDSp. 123
  41. Sculpturesp. 125
  42. Painted Sculpture.p. 126
  43. Alabaster.p. 127
  44. Soft limestone.p. 127
  45. Hard limestone.p. 128
  46. Stylesp. 129
  47. Marble.p. 129
  48. Soft limestone. (Pl. IX).p. 130
  49. Hard limestone.p. 131
  50. Style I A (Nos. 413, 502, 507, 508, 518, 519, 533, 535, 536; Pls. X, XI).p. 131
  51. Style I B (Nos. 339, 340, 410+411, 418, 439, 499, 517, 520, 521, 522, 530, 531; Pls. XII—XIV).p. 131
  52. Style II A (No. 328; Pl. XV,1,2).p. 132
  53. Style II B (Nos. 302, 317, 320, 427, 469, 534, 547; Pls. XV,3—XVII).p. 132
  54. Minor objects (Pl. XXVII,4—7).p. 134
  55. Iron.p. 134
  56. Bronzep. 134
  57. Lead.p. 134
  58. Coins (Pl. XXVII,9—XXVIII).p. 134
  59. CLASSIFICATION OF FINDSp. 137
  60. Type 9.p. 138
  61. Loom-weights (Pl. XXVII,1–3).p. 138
  62. Glass (Pl. XXVII,8).p. 138
  63. Inscriptions (Pls. XXIV,15,16–XXV,1–3)p. 138
  64. CONDITIONS OF FINDSp. 138
  65. RELATIVE CHRONOLOGYp. 143
  66. ABSOLUTE CHRONOLOGYp. 146
  67. IDENTIFICATION OF THE TEMPLESp. 149
  68. TEMPLES OF SOLIp. 208
  69. APPENDIXp. 225
  70. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXTp. 226
  71. LIST OF PLATESp. 228
  72. LITERATUREp. 230
  73. GENERAL INDEXp. 234

Plates and figures

80 pages with pictures, in scan order

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  4. scan 29
  5. p. 26
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  8. p. 36
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  10. p. 41
  11. p. 43
  12. p. 47
  13. p. 50
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  15. p. 56
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  17. p. 60
  18. p. 61
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  21. p. 81
  22. p. 83
  23. p. 85
  24. p. 86

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