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Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum
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Faya Causey
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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
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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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