Description
Book SynopsisThese two volumes chronicle the pioneering efforts of Theresa Goell and international teams to record accurately and comprehensively the material remains of Nemrud Dagi, to interpret their meaning, and to provide access for the scholarly community to the wealth of data heretofore unavailable. Donald Sanders has here brought those efforts to fruition by publishing the results of the survey and excavations in the first comprehensive report on the site in more than a century. Volume 1 contains the written reports on excavations, edited and supplemented by Sanders. Volume 2 contains more than 600 illustrations, including many line drawings and photos never before published. This publication will provide researchers with much information pertinent to the art, history, and religion of Hellenistic Asia Minor and the Seleucid dynasty.
Table of ContentsVOLUME ONE
EDITOR’S PREFACE
INTRODUCTION - T. Goell
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - T. Goell
FOREWORD: A Personal Story about My Sister - K. Goell
PART 1
CHAPTER 1. GEOGRAPHY
1A. Introduction - H. G. Bachmann
1B. Site Description - D. H. Sanders
1C. Topography - T. Goell
1D. Geology - H. G. Bachmann and T. Goell
1E. Mineralogy - H. G. Bachmann, T. E. Brown, and W. T. Chase
1F. Fossils - D. H. Sanders
1G. Flora and Fauna - H. G. Bachmann and D. H. Sanders
CHAPTER 2. ANCIENT SOURCES AND PREVIOUS SCHOLARSHIP - T. Goell
2A. Late Hittite and Assyrian Sources
2B. Post-Assyrian History
2C. Roman Sources
2D. Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Investigations
Endnotes
APPENDIX: Compendium of Ancient Roman Sources
CHAPTER 3. INVESTIGATIONS AND EXCAVATIONS OF THE 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, AND 1980s
3A. 1950s and 1961 - T. Goell
3B. 1963 and 1964, Geophysical Explorations - J. R. Hutt
3C. 1970s and 1980s - T. Goell and D. H. Sanders
Endnotes
APPENDIX: List of Personnel
CHAPTER 4. ARCHITECTURE - T. Goell, O. Neugebauer, D. H. Sanders, and J. H. Young
4A. Dating of Nemrud Dagi and of the Life of Antiochus I, King of Commagene - T. Goell and O. Neugebauer
4B. The Mound: Approaches, Site Circulation, Tumulus Construction - T. Goell and D. H. Sanders
4C. Detailed Site Description: East Terrace, West Terrace, North Terrace - T. Goell, D. H. Sanders, and J. H. Young
4D. Function and Use of Antiochus’ Hierothesion - T. Goell and D. H. Sanders
4E. Affiliations of the Architecture at Nemrud Dagi - T. Goell and D. H. Sanders
EDITOR’S CONCLUSION TO PART I
PART II
CHAPTER 5. SCULPTURE AND INSCRIPTION CATALOGUE - F. K. Dorner and J. H. Young
5A. Editor’s Introduction
5B. Authors’ Introduction
5C. The Propylaia Odoi
5D. The Colossial Statues (the Synthronoi Theoi)
5E. The Nomos Inscriptions
5F. The Dexiosis and Investiture Reliefs
5G. The Lion Horoscope Reliefs
5H. The Paternal Ancestors of Antiochus
5I. The Maternal Ancestors of Antiochus
5J. Miscellaneous Figures and Inscriptions
Miscellaneous Inscriptions
ADDENDA. The 1973 Finds
CHAPTER 6. EPIGRAPHY ANALYSIS - F. K. Dorner
6A. Reconstruction of the Paternal Ancestors Sequence
6B. Reconstruction of the Maternal Ancestors Sequence
CHAPTER 7. SCULPTURE ANALYSIS - D. H. Sanders and J. H. Young
7A. Editor’s Introduction
7B. Iconographical Index
7C. Motif Index
7D. Commentary
7E. The Nine Basic Figural Types of Commagenian Sculptures and the Variations within Them
CHAPTER 8. SMALL FINDS
8A. Coins - T. Goell, D. H. Sanders, and The American Numismatic Society
8B. Metal Finds - D. Stronach
APPENDIX A. RUBBER SQUEEZES - D. H. Sanders
APPENDIX B. MUSEUM LOCATION OF NEMRUD DAGI FRAGMENTS - D. H. Sanders
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEXES
VOLUME TWO
Illustrations
