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Cette publication constitue les actes de la deuxieme journee d'etudes sur l'art du Proche-Orient hellenistique et romain, qui s'est tenue a l'Institut Catholique de Paris le 29 mai 2018.
Comme lors de la premiere journee d'etudes, publiee en 2018 (BAR S2897), les chercheurs ont aborde des sujets varies dans l'optique d'enrichir le debat concernant les echanges, contacts et transferts culturels dans le Proche-Orient antique. Sont ainsi evoques l'architecture et l'urbanisme, la mosaique, l'art funeraire, le portrait royal, les importations et exportations…
Le domaine geographique couvert est egalement tres vaste, debordant meme le Levant. Il inclut la Syrie (Palmyre, Doura-Europos), le Liban, la Judee/Palestine, Delos et l'Egee ainsi que l'Egypte.
Les approches, comme les themes traites par les auteurs, sont plurielles et exploitent les donnees de l'archeologie, l'epigraphie, la numismatique, l'iconographie, souvent en les croisant. Elles permettent de livrer de nouvelles interpretations.
This book constitutes the proceedings of the second study day on art of Hellenistic and Roman Near East held at the Catholic University of Paris on May 29th 2018.
As during the first study day, published in 2018 (BAR S2897), the researchers discussed various topics with the aim of enriching the debate on exchanges, contacts and cultural transfers in the ancient Near East: architecture and town-planning, mosaics, funerary art, royal portrait, imports and exports.
The geographical area covered is also vast, extending even beyond Near East. It includes Syria (Palmyra, Dura-Europos), Lebanon, Judea/Palestine, Delos and the Aegean as well as Egypt. New interpretations are developed from diverse and interdisciplinary approaches, utilising the data of archaeology, epigraphy, numismatics and iconography.
