Seleukeia am Euphrat/Zeugma
Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, 1976. First Edition. Small Quarto. Item #031714
x, 309. 60 pages of photographic images in black and white, 2 maps at the rear (1 folding), textual illustrations. German text. The history and topography of Seleucia on the Euphrates/Zeugma based on archaeological discoveries. The topography of Seleukeia-Zeugma has now been definitively established at Turkish town of Belkis which was the permanent fortress of the Roman legion during the second and third Centuries in northern Syria. Century A. D: it contains unpublished funeral sculptures and inscriptions of great support for the study of the population and portrait art of the area, making this a basic source book for the history and civilization of Hellenistic and Roman Syria. A near fine bright copy bound in orange stiff paper wraps printed in black spine lettering black. No names or bookplates.
Price: $90.00