Kenchreai, Eastern Port of Corinth VI, Ivory, Bone, and Related Wood Finds : Results of Investigations By the University of Chicago and Indiana University for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (Kenchreai. Eastern Port of Corinth)

Parts of crossed-leg chairs and richly decorated fragments of bone and ivory excavated at Kenchreai, the Eastern port of Corinth, include scenes of an emperor and a miniature ivory Corinthian arcade that decorated luxurious furniture produced in late Roman Egypt. Cover Page......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 ISBN 978-9004158184......Page 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8 LIST OF FIGURES......Page 10 LIST OF PLATES......Page 18 ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 22 PREFACE......Page 36 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE SITE AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF EXCAVATION......Page 38 2 NATURE OF THE MATERIALS AND THE CRAFTSMANSHIP OF LATE ROMAN IVORY, BONE, AND WOOD......Page 50 3 CATALOGUE AND ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE RELIEF PLAQUES AND VENEER PANELS......Page 68 4 CATALOGUE AND ANALYSIS OF DECORATIVE PLAQUES AND VENEER......Page 132 5 CATALOGUE AND ANALYSIS OF IVORY, BONE, AND WOOD ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS......Page 194 6 CATALOGUE AND ANALYSIS OF WOOD FURNITURE AND RELATED VENEERS......Page 242 7 FURNITURE RECONSTRUCTIONS, PROVENANCE, DATING, SETTING, AND FUNCTION......Page 312 Appendix 1 CATALOGUE OF MISCELLANEOUS WOOD FRAGMENTS......Page 352 Appendix 2 CATALOGUE OF MISCELLANEOUS PLAIN VENEER FRAGMENTS......Page 358 Appendix 3 CONSERVATION......Page 369 Appendix 4 WAS IVORY MOLDED OR FORMED INTO LARGE SHEETS IN ANTIQUITY?......Page 370 Appendix 5 CONCORDANCES......Page 375 LISTS OF IVORY AND BONE OBJECTS......Page 393 GENERAL INDEX......Page 394 PLATES......Page 402 Hundreds of richly decorated ivory and bone fragments from furniture and parts from at least three crossed-leg chairs, survived under seawater in an apsidal room at Kenchreai, the Eastern port of ancient Corinth. These excavated remains include fragments of an incised bone panel with a scene of an emperor and attendants, a thiasos, bucolic and hunt scenes, seated philosophers, erotes, and a miniature ivory Corinthian order supporting a bone arcade decorated with erotes. Decorative moldings and large bone rings suggest that most of these belonged to a luxuriously decorated chest. Dating to the fourth century, these objects provide an important addition to our knowledge of the artistic production of late Roman Egypt and the working of ivory, bone, and wood. Hundreds of decorated ivory and bone fragments from furniture and parts from at least three crossed-leg chairs, survived under seawater in an apsidal room at Kenchreai, the Eastern port of ancient Corinth. This book discusses the excavated remains that provide an important addition to our knowledge of the artistic production of late Roman Egypt