Teleilat Ghassul. Vol. 1: Compte rendu des Fouilles de l'Institut Biblique Pontifical 1929 - 1932. Vol. 2: Compte rendu des Fouilles de l'Institut Biblique Pontifical 1932 - 1936 (complete set)
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Rare complete set of 2 volumes. Scripta Pontificii Instituti Biblici. Institut Biblique Pontifical, Rome, 1934-40. First edition. Volume 1 (1934): Compte rendu des Fouilles de l'Institut Biblique Pontifical 1929 - 1932. In-4, xviii & 193 pages, 71 plates. Volume 2 (1940): Compte rendu des Fouilles de l'Institut Biblique Pontifical 1932 - 1936. In-4, 140 pages, 113 plates, 2 plans. A fine set. Teleilat Ghassul, located in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea in modern Jordan, is a Chalcolithic settlement of farming people Houses were trapezoid-shaped and built mud-brick, covered with remarkable polychrome wall paintings. The pottery of Ghassulian culture was highly elaborate, including footed bowls and horn-shaped drinking goblets, indicating the cultivation of wine. Several samples display the use of sculptural decoration or of a reserved slip (a clay and water coating partially wiped away while still wet). The Ghassulians were a Chalcolithic culture as they also smelted copper. Funerary customs show evidence that they buried their dead in stone dolmens. Ghassulian culture has been identified at numerous other places in what is today southern Israel, especially in the region of Beersheba. The Ghassulian culture correlates closely with the Amratian of Egypt and may have had trading affinities (e.g., the distinctive churns, or “bird vases”) with early Minoan culture in Crete. Language: French. This set ships from Europe, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (BPF). Relevant subjects: Levant.
Language: French.
Price: € 200.00 other currencies
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