1st Edition
The Sion Treasure Reconsidered The Biographies and Multivalence of Sacred Silver Objects in Sixth-Century Byzantium
By Ahmet Arı
Copyright 2024
212 Pages
98 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
212 Pages
98 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
212 Pages
98 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In 1963 a collection of fifty-seven silver vessels was discovered during illegal excavations by villagers in Antalya Province, Turkey. The Sion Treasure, named after the inscription ‘Holy Sion’ on several vessels in the hoard, is now divided between five collections: Antalya Museum (Turkey), Dumbarton Oaks (United States), a private collection in Geneva, the Digby-Jones collection and Hewett... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Silver Vessels from the Sion Treasure
Chapter 2: Inscriptions on the Sion Vessels
Chapter 3: Silver Stamps on the Sion Treasure
Chapter 4: Questions of Circulation, Production and Cost of the Sion Treasure
Chapter 5: The Lives and Biographies of the Sion Vessels
Bibliography
Biography
Ahmet Arı is a lecturer in Byzantine Studies at Nevsehir Hacı Bektas Veli University, Turkey.
