Map: Most Probable Place of the Garden of Eden, Plain of Shinaar, and Mountain Where the Ark Rested, According to the History
1989.11.0002
Detailed Images
Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Map: Most Probable Place of the Garden of Eden, Plain of Shinaar, and Mountain Where the Ark Rested, According to the History (1989.11.0002) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | Bowen, Emanuel: Engraver (1714-1767) (after) Herman Moll (c.1654-1732) William Innys, Richard Ware, et al.: Publishers |
| Geographic Location | |
| Period/Date | 1747 CE |
| Culture | British, English |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Width) | 43.5 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Height) | 35.7 cm |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | <0.1 cm |
| Weight | 14 g |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | Paper--rag, Pigment--ink |
| Manufacturing Processes | Printed |
| Munsell Color Information | natural (5y8/1) -ns black ( 5y2.5/1) -ns Yellowish Gray (5y 8.5/2) - background Dark Grayish Olive (5y 2/2) - rivers Black (N 1/ 1.2% R) - lettering top of map |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | N/A |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | Book:
Christie's. A Complete System of Geography..." by Bowen. London: For William Innys, Richard Ware et al., 1747. |
| Bibliography | Arlen, Michael J. Passage to Ararat. New York: Farrar, Straus and Ciroux, 1975.
Old Testament / "Genesis."
Sitwell, O.F.G. Four Centuries of Special Geography: An Annotated Guide to Books that Purport to Describe All the Countries in the World Published... Pg. 160. UBC Press, 2011. |
Artifact History
| Archaeological Data | N/A |
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| Credit Line/Dedication | The Seymour and Muriel Yale Collection of Coins of the Ottoman Empire and Other Middle East States |
| Reproduction | no |
| Reproduction Information | N/A |