Volume
23, Number 4
Summer 1981
Special Issue: The Ancient Craft and Art of the Lapidary
Cover: Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Kennedy Fund, 1915. Necklace of gold, diamonds, rubies, and imitation emeralds and pearls from Northern India, XVIII-XIX century AD, diameter of central pendant exclusive of drops, 1 3/4 inches.
Features Lapidaries
in the Ur III Period--Written Sources Concerning Stoneworkers (ca.
2000 B.C.) Close
Work Without Magnifying Lenses?--Discussion of Suggestions from
Readers of Expedition The
Origin and Development of the Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seal--A
Hypothetical Reconstruction Creating
a Sealstone--A Study of Seals in the Greek Late Bronze Age Cambay
Beadmaking--An Ancient Craft in Modern India |
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