Map: holy land - syria

1990.13.0006

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Artifact Identification Map: holy land - syria   (1990.13.0006)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Cellarius
Geographic Location
Period/Date 1703 CE
Culture N/A

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width) 33.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Length) 24.1 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 5 g
Measuring Remarks None
Materials paper--rag, pigment--ink
Manufacturing Processes Printed
Munsell Color Information white (5y 8/2) -ns black ( 5y 2.5/1) -ns

Research Remarks

Published Description

Map from two joined sheets of Syria from Cilicia and the Lebanese coast to Arabia, Mesopotamia, and the Euphrates delta. Text in Latin. Illustration in upper right of enthroned monarch receiving homage from three (possibly Jewish?) figures; 7-branch brazier in background.

Description N/A
Comparanda N/A
Bibliography N/A

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
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

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