Kazakstan

This article aims to publish unique specimens of Hellenistic toreutics – a pair of silver phalerae decorated with gilding and forming part of an horses’ harness, which was found during excavation of the Volodarka-I Burial-ground on the west bank of the River Ural in western Kazakhstan
in 1981. A detailed analysis is provided of the subject depicted on the phalerae – fighting between Bellerophon seated on the winged horse Pegasos and the monster Chimaira, of the iconography of the figures, of the details and decorative elements of the depictions and the techniques used.
The phalerae from Volodarka are compared with other phalerae, similar with regard to their construction and the composition of the depictions, which were found in the lower reaches of the Volga (Novouzensk), on the bank of the River Ishim and on the east bank of the Irtysh (Sidorovka), and also with phalerae of unknown origin bearing depictions of elephants from the
Hermitage collection. In this connection a detailed discussion on the question of the “Graeco-Bactrian style” in toreutics and the possibility of classifying of examples of Hellenistic artwork in silver follows. The author draws the conclusion that the given phalerae cannot be regarded as examples of one particular style of Hellenistic toreutics, as certain scholars would have us
believe.

This book (in Polish) based on my PhD thesis in political science. This pdf file includes: table of contents and summary in English and Russian, additionally also theoretical & methodological introduction in Polish. Short version of few chapters of this book (in English) was published in journal "Społeczeństwo i Polityka" (available below).

Praca doktorska była pisana pod kierunkiem prof. Tadeusza Bodio (UW). Recenzentami w przewodzie doktorskim oraz recenzentami książki byli: śp. prof. Andrzej Chodubski (UG) oraz prof. Franciszek Gołembski (UW). Decyzją Rady WDiNP UW obrona z wyróżnieniem.

... notes. No bibliography is provided. Somewhat disorganized in its layout. [Kazak] DeWeese, Devin. ... tronic subscriptions and gaps in the IU library's collections made it impossible to locate more items. DeWeese, Devin, "The Politics of Sacred Lineages in 19th Century Cen? ...