A painted diptych from Gerasa
A painted diptych from Gerasa
Author(s): Krystyna Gawlikowska, Michał Gawlikowski
Subject(s): Archaeology, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Gerasa/Jerash; Byzantine painting; diptych; Jafnid
Summary/Abstract: A miniature bone diptych found in the so-called Umayyad House,in the fill of an earlier cistern, presents the images of a man anda bejewelled lady, both on a gilded background. The man seems tobear royal attributes and is tentatively identified here as the Jafnidruler al-Mundhir (569–581). This diptych is the best preserved ofa short series of apparently identical objects on record.
- Page Range: 251-258
- Page Count: 8
- Publication Year: 2019
- Language: English
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