LEADER 02865oam 22005414a 450 001 9910404131803321 005 20241204165354.0 010 $a1-60606-634-X 035 $a(CKB)4100000011302001 035 $a(OCoLC)1107159551 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse85644 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/40841 035 $a(oapen)doab40841 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011302001 100 $a20190614h20192019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAncient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum$fFaya Causey ; with technical analysis by Jeff Maish, Herant Khanjian, and Michael Schilling 210 $cGetty Publications 215 $a1 online resource 311 08$a1-60606-635-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction -- Amber and the ancient world -- Jewelry: never just jewelry -- Amber magic? -- What is amber? -- Where is amber found? -- The properties of amber -- Ancient names for amber -- Color and other optical characteristics: ancient perception and reception -- Ancient literary sources on the origins of amber -- Amber and forgery -- The ancient transport of amber -- Literary sources on the use of amber -- Amber medicine, amber amulets -- The bronze age -- Early iron age and the orientalizing period -- The archaic and afterward -- The working of amber: ancient evidence and modern analysis -- The production of ancient figured amber objects -- Catalogue -- Technical essay: analysis of selected ambers from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum / Jeff Maish, Herant Khanjian, and Michael Schilling. 330 $a"This catalogue provides a general introduction to amber in the ancient world followed by detailed catalogue entries for fifty-six Etruscan, Greek, and Italic carved ambers from the J. Paul Getty Museum. The volume concludes with technical notes about scientific investigations of these objects and Baltic amber"--Provided by publisher. 606 $aArt objects$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$vCatalogs 606 $aArt objects, Etruscan$vCatalogs 606 $aArt objects, Ancient$vCatalogs 606 $aAmber art objects$vCatalogs 608 $aCollection catalogs. 615 0$aArt objects 615 0$aArt objects, Etruscan 615 0$aArt objects, Ancient 615 0$aAmber art objects 676 $a709.0109794/94 700 $aCausey$b Faya$0983663 702 $aSchilling$b Michael$g(Michael Roy), 702 $aKhanjian$b Herant 702 $aMaish$b Jeffrey 712 02$aJ. Paul Getty Museum, 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910404131803321 996 $aAncient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum$92439552 997 $aUNINA