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Bronze and iron : ancient Near Eastern artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Oscar White Muscarella.

By: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Contributor(s): Muscarella, Oscar WhiteMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : The Museum, c1988. Description: 501 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 29 cmISBN: 0870995251Subject(s): Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Catalogs | Bronze age -- Middle East | Iron age -- Middle East | Middle East -- Antiquities -- CatalogsGenre/Form: Catalogs | Catalogs.Additional physical formats: Online version:: Bronze and iron.DDC classification: 730/.0939/407401471 LOC classification: DS56 | .M48 1988
Contents:
I. Iran. Northwest Iran, excavated objects ; Northwest Iran, general objects ; Northeast Iran, excavated objects ; Luristan ; Tepe Nush-i Jan, excavated objects ; Achaemenian objects ; Elamite, general Iranian, and Parthian and Sasanian objects -- II. Mesopotamia. Excavated objects ; General objects -- III. South Arabia. General objects -- IV Levant. Excavated objects ; General objects -- V. Near East. General objects -- VI. Anatolia -- VII. Caucasus. General objects -- VIII. Miscellaneous objects.
Summary: This volume catalogues more than six hundred bronze and iron objects in the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each is illustrated and discussed in terms of its formal and stylistic aspects, cultural background, function, and chronology. Bibliographic citations present comparative material relevant to each object. - Book jacket.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 50 - Main Room 		Q2 NEWYO 22893 Not for loan BOOKS*000000015420

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 460-480.

I. Iran. Northwest Iran, excavated objects ; Northwest Iran, general objects ; Northeast Iran, excavated objects ; Luristan ; Tepe Nush-i Jan, excavated objects ; Achaemenian objects ; Elamite, general Iranian, and Parthian and Sasanian objects -- II. Mesopotamia. Excavated objects ; General objects -- III. South Arabia. General objects -- IV Levant. Excavated objects ; General objects -- V. Near East. General objects -- VI. Anatolia -- VII. Caucasus. General objects -- VIII. Miscellaneous objects.

This volume catalogues more than six hundred bronze and iron objects in the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each is illustrated and discussed in terms of its formal and stylistic aspects, cultural background, function, and chronology. Bibliographic citations present comparative material relevant to each object. - Book jacket.