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Bone and ivory carvings from Alexandria : French excavations 1992-2004.
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ISBN: 9782724704457 Year: 2007 Volume: 12 Publisher: Le Caire Institut français d'archeologie orientale

Kenchreai, eastern port of Corinth
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ISBN: 1281926426 9786611926427 9047421167 9789047421160 9781281926425 6611926429 9004158189 9789004158184 Year: 2007 Publisher: Leiden Boston Brill

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Hundreds of richly decorated ivory and bone fragments from furniture and parts from at least three crossed-leg chairs, survived under seawater in an apsidal room at Kenchreai, the Eastern port of ancient Corinth. These excavated remains include fragments of an incised bone panel with a scene of an emperor and attendants, a thiasos, bucolic and hunt scenes, seated philosophers, erotes, and a miniature ivory Corinthian order supporting a bone arcade decorated with erotes. Decorative moldings and large bone rings suggest that most of these belonged to a luxuriously decorated chest. Dating to the fourth century, these objects provide an important addition to our knowledge of the artistic production of late Roman Egypt and the working of ivory, bone, and wood.

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