Palmyrene Banquet Scenes:A Comparative Study of the Sculptural and Archaeoligical Materials

• Project/Area Number: 25370892
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Kokushikan University
• Principal Investigator: MIYASHITA SAEKO 国士舘大学, イラク古代文化研究所, 共同研究員 (80132760)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: パルミラ / 墓 / 彫像 / 饗宴図 / 持ち物 / 沓 / 水平把手付杯 / 格子文ガラス杯 / 地中海世界 / セム系の伝統

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Palmyra, a city in the Syrian Desert, grew rich from the caravan trade during the first three centuries of our Era. Characteristics of the Palmyrene art can best be observed in three main types of funerary sculptures: plaques with relief carvings,sarcophagi and the funerary statues.
For this study, I investigated Palmyrene sculptures kept in museums in Italy, Turkey, the U.K.,and Russia. The focus of my study was the container held by the main figure in the banquet reliefs. Based on my comparative study of containers similar to ours that have been unearthed in the Mediterranean and West Asiatic world, I suggest that the container held by the main figure in the Palmyrene banquet reliefs was not a glazed pottery but was made of either glass or metal. Some citizens of Palmyra were wealthy enough to afford to use metal and glass ware in the banquet. Incidentally I have also noted some eastern influence in the footwear the main figure of banquest scenes of Palmyra.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Etude des coupes dans les scenes de banquet palmyreniennes : A propos de L'introduction a Palmyre des coupes a deux anses en anneau avec repose-pouce l’introduction à Palmyr e des coupes à deux anses en anneau avec repose-pouce, (2016)
  • Author(s): 宮下佐江子
  • Journal Title: AL-RAFIDAN Volume: XXXVII, Pages: 181-188
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] パルミラの沓 (2015)
  • Author(s): 宮下佐江子
  • Journal Title: ヘレニズム～イスラーム研究会 Volume: 22 Pages: 166-172
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] パルミラ饗宴図像の容器Ⅲ 両把手付杯の受容について (2014)
  • Author(s): 宮下佐江子
  • Journal Title: 第21回ヘレニズム～イスラーム考古学研究 Volume: 21 Pages: 8995-8995
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] The Vessels in Palmyrian Banquet Scenes: Tomb BWLH & BWRP and Tomb TYBL (2014)
  • Author(s): Saeko MIYASHITA
  • Journal Title: The Palmyrena Conference2012 Volume: 1
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] パルミラ饗宴図像の容器II 浅型杯について (2013)
  • Author(s): 宮下佐江子
  • Journal Title: ヘレニズム～イスラーム研究会 Volume: 20 Pages: 71-75
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] パルミラの沓 (2015)
  • Author(s): 宮下佐江子
  • Organizer: ヘレニズム～イスラーム研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢大学 石川県 金沢市
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-05
• [Presentation] パルミラ饗宴図像の容器Ⅲ 両把手付杯の受容について (2014)
  • Author(s): 宮下佐江子
  • Organizer: ヘレニズム～イスラーム考古学研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-06
• [Presentation] パルミラ饗宴図像の容器II 浅型杯について
  • Author(s): 宮下佐江子
  • Organizer: ヘレニズム～イスラーム研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良県立橿原考古学研究所
• [Book] ペルシアのきらめき (2014)
  • Author(s): 宮下佐江子
  • Total Pages: 107
  • Publisher: アートプランニングレイ
• [Book] ORIENTE (2014)
  • Author(s): 宮下佐江子
  • Total Pages: 32
  • Publisher: 古代オリエント博物館
• [Book] シルクロードの饗宴 (2013)
  • Author(s): 宮下佐江子
  • Total Pages: 48
  • Publisher: 平山郁夫シルクロード美術館
• [Book] 古代の楽園 (2013)
  • Author(s): 宮下佐江子
  • Total Pages: 56
  • Publisher: 古代オリエント博物館