Ancient carved ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Causey, Faya (Author)
Corporate Author: J. Paul Getty Museum
Other Authors: Maish, Jeffrey (Contributor), Khanjian, Herant (Contributor), Schilling, Michael (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles The J. Paul Getty Museum 2019, [2019]©2019
Edition:First edition
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"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
Physical Description:297 pages color illustrations
ISBN:1606060511
1606066358