Quarry origins, commission, and import of the marble sculptures from the Roman Theater in Philadelphia/Amman, Jordan
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E. A. Friedland [1] ; Robert H. Tykot [2]
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[1] George Washington University
George Washington University
Estados Unidos
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[2] University of South Florida
University of South Florida
Estados Unidos
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- Localización: Interdisciplinary studies on ancient stone: proceedings of the IX Association for the Study of Marbles and Other Stones in Antiquity (ASMOSIA) Conference (Tarragona 2009) / coord. por Anna Gutiérrez García-Moreno, María Pilar Lapuente Mercadal, Isabel Rodà de Llanza, 2012, ISBN 978-84-939033-8-1, págs. 52-60
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
While extensive work has been conducted on marble artifacts discovered in Israel and Syria, only a few studies have sampled marbles from Roman Jordan, and Those have focused on architectural artifacts. This study is the first in a series, designed to document and interpret the quarry origins of marble statuary that was imported to Roman Arabia. Five marble statues discovered in the Roman Theater of Amman in 1957 were sampled. All samples were analyzed for maximum grain size (MGS) and by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and stable isotope analyses. The absence of magnesium in all samples, determined by XRF, indicates that all are calcitic marble. The combination of MGS and isotopic analyses suggests that the pieces come from quarries in Greece and Turkey. These results provide insights into the logistics of commissioning and importing marble statues to Arabia.
