Site Title: Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Contributors: by Faya Causey

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  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Catalogue
  • Orientalizing Group
  • Ship with Figures
  • Korai
  • Human Heads
  • Animals
  • Lions’ Heads
  • Boars
  • Rams’ Heads
  • Other Animal Heads
  • Forgery
  • Technical Essay
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • About the Authors
  • About
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Introduction

  • Amber and the Ancient World 
  • Jewelry: Never Just Jewelry 
  • Amber Magic? 
  • What Is Amber? 
  • Where Is Amber Found? 
  • The Properties of Amber 
  • Ancient Names for Amber 
  • Color and Other Optical Characteristics: Ancient Perception and Reception 
  • Ancient Literary Sources on the Origins of Amber 
  • Amber and Forgery 
  • The Ancient Transport of Amber 
  • Literary Sources on the Use of Amber 
  • Amber Medicine, Amber Amulets 
  • The Bronze Age 
  • Early Iron Age and the Orientalizing Period 
  • The Archaic and Afterward 
  • The Working of Amber: Ancient Evidence and Modern Analysis 
  • The Production of Ancient Figured Amber Objects 
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