Samothrace, Volume 2, II: The Inscriptions on Ceramics and Minor Objects (Samothrace: Excavations Conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University)
Hardcover
1960 · New York, NY
by Lehmann, Karl
New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1960. Hardcover. VG- (DJ has average age and edge wear and is unsightlying corner-clipped; former owner name and year on first page; page surfaces are clean.). Burgundy cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, parchment or marble-like paper dust jacket, 154 pp., BW drawings, 13 BW plates. Part of a two-volume set within in larger a series of books, investigating excavations on the Greek island of Samothrace. This book "consists of an edition of over 300 'graffiti' on ceramics and other objects found in the course of recent excavations and mostly unpublished. About 75 of these are documents in a non-Greek language, presumably the little-known Thracian. The others are Greek. In an introductory section the author gives an account of the linguistic and religious significance of these graffiti. All the inscriptions of individual character as well as representative examples of repetitive types are illustrated in line drawings and photographs." (dj). (Inventory #: 156453)