In the Middle Bronze I-II public buildings of Ebla several images of members of the elites were found: life-size or smaller basalt statues were displayed in – or rather outside – temples, inside palaces and close to city-gates; human characters were represented in cylinder seals, cult basins, stele and in wood inlays and figures in the round. I will present the evidence concerning monumental art and will try to discuss several issues about this production. The style of statuary changes in time: was this only a consequence of the influence of Aleppo school or depended also from an evolution of the local taste? Is there a meaning in the use of the standing or sitting position, both for men and women? Can a parallel be detected with the use of human figures in the mature Early Syrian period, the Age of the State Archives of Ebla?
Representing the elites in Middle Bronze I-II Ebla / Pinnock, Frances. - 1:(2020), pp. 245-258. (Intervento presentato al convegno 11th International congress on the archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) tenutosi a Monaco di Baviera).
Representing the elites in Middle Bronze I-II Ebla
Pinnock Frances
2020
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In the Middle Bronze I-II public buildings of Ebla several images of members of the elites were found: life-size or smaller basalt statues were displayed in – or rather outside – temples, inside palaces and close to city-gates; human characters were represented in cylinder seals, cult basins, stele and in wood inlays and figures in the round. I will present the evidence concerning monumental art and will try to discuss several issues about this production. The style of statuary changes in time: was this only a consequence of the influence of Aleppo school or depended also from an evolution of the local taste? Is there a meaning in the use of the standing or sitting position, both for men and women? Can a parallel be detected with the use of human figures in the mature Early Syrian period, the Age of the State Archives of Ebla?File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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