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020			_a9781606066355
020			_z9781606066348
035			_a(OCoLC)1107159551
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050	0	4	_aNK6000 _b.J3 2019
082	0		_a709.0109794/94 _223
100	1		_aCausey, Faya, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAncient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum _cFaya Causey ; with technical analysis by Jeff Maish, Herant Khanjian, and Michael Schilling.
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Amber and the ancient world -- Jewelry: never just jewelry -- Amber magic? -- What is amber? -- Where is amber found? -- The properties of amber -- Ancient names for amber -- Color and other optical characteristics: ancient perception and reception -- Ancient literary sources on the origins of amber -- Amber and forgery -- The ancient transport of amber -- Literary sources on the use of amber -- Amber medicine, amber amulets -- The bronze age -- Early iron age and the orientalizing period -- The archaic and afterward -- The working of amber: ancient evidence and modern analysis -- The production of ancient figured amber objects -- Catalogue -- Technical essay: analysis of selected ambers from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum / Jeff Maish, Herant Khanjian, and Michael Schilling.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_a"This catalogue provides a general introduction to amber in the ancient world followed by detailed catalogue entries for fifty-six Etruscan, Greek, and Italic carved ambers from the J. Paul Getty Museum. The volume concludes with technical notes about scientific investigations of these objects and Baltic amber"--Provided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
610	2	0	_aJ. Paul Getty Museum _vCatalogs.
650		0	_aArt objects _zCalifornia _zLos Angeles _vCatalogs.
650		0	_aArt objects, Etruscan _vCatalogs.
650		0	_aArt objects, Ancient _vCatalogs.
650		0	_aAmber art objects _vCatalogs.
655		0	_aCollection catalogs. _2lcgft
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
700	1		_aSchilling, Michael _q(Michael Roy), _econtributor.
700	1		_aKhanjian, Herant, _econtributor.
700	1		_aMaish, Jeffrey, _econtributor.
710	2		_aJ. Paul Getty Museum, _eissuing body.
776	1	8	_iOnline version: _tAncient carved ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum. _dLos Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2019 _z9781606066355 _w(DLC) 2019981057
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/74938/
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