Engraved ambers. The collection of the Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities at the Louvre Museum.
Somogy| N° d'inventaire | 17359 |
| Format | 22 x 28 |
| Détails | 148 p., paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782757206522 |
Amber, highly valued in Antiquity for its decorative qualities and its therapeutic or apotropaic virtues, was often used to make jewelry, amulets, and other prestigious objects. This fossil resin is now the subject of renewed interest. Dating from the orientalizing Etruscan period (c. 1000 BC) to the high Roman imperial period (11th century AD), the rich collection of figurines, jewelry, and engraved instruments in the Louvre Museum provides new data on the Mediterranean networks of production and circulation of the precious resin from northern Europe.
Amber, highly valued in Antiquity for its decorative qualities and its therapeutic or apotropaic virtues, was often used to make jewelry, amulets, and other prestigious objects. This fossil resin is now the subject of renewed interest. Dating from the orientalizing Etruscan period (c. 1000 BC) to the high Roman imperial period (11th century AD), the rich collection of figurines, jewelry, and engraved instruments in the Louvre Museum provides new data on the Mediterranean networks of production and circulation of the precious resin from northern Europe.