{"product_id":"the-arts-of-ancient-south-arabia-9780500978535","title":"The Arts of Ancient South Arabia","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween the third millennium BCE and the third century CE the Arabian Peninsula lay at the center of maritime trading routes between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. A series of remarkable archaeological excavations over the past forty years have enabled a complete reassessment of ancient Arabia's wider history--now further illuminated by the spectacular and varied artefacts held by The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume reveals superb examples of luxury metalware in bronze, silver, and gold, created for a sophisticated elite familiar with trends in both the Greco-Roman world and eastern traditions. It also includes an impressive and diverse collection of funerary statues, stelae and carvings; many votive offerings to local deities; spectacular, large, loricate, bronze statues; and a range of intriguing objects that furnished homes and temples. The collection extends to a variety of gold jewelry, examined and cataloged by ancient-jewelry specialist Leila Ali Aquil. The inscriptions on these objects, freshly translated and annotated by epigraphist and pre-Islamic scholar Christian Robin, unlock many previously unknown aspects of South Arabian life and beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis monumental volume is in two parts: part 1 introduces the South Arabian region, its history, cultures, languages, and architecture; part 2, by leading South Arabian archaeologist Sabina Antonini, comprises the catalog of the collection itself, divided by object type.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500978535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624","brand":"Sabina Antonini,Christian Robin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733201842357,"sku":"9780500978535","price":148.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-arts-of-ancient-south-arabia-9780500978535","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}