The Berkeley Plato: From Neglected Relic to Ancient Treasure, An Archaeological Detective Story (A Joan Palevsky Book in Classical Literature) PDF
Preview The Berkeley Plato: From Neglected Relic to Ancient Treasure, An Archaeological Detective Story (A Joan Palevsky Book in Classical Literature)
TheJoanPalevsky Imprint in Classical Literature Inhonor of beloved Virgil— “Odeglialtri poeti onore e lume . . .” —Dante, Inferno Thepublishergratefullyacknowledgesthe generouscontributiontothisbookprovidedby theClassicalLiteratureEndowmentFundof theUniversityofCaliforniaPressFoundation, whichissupportedbyamajorgiftfromJoan Palevsky. Thepublisheralsogratefullyacknowledgesthe generouscontributiontothisbookprovidedby PatriciaH.McNear. The Berkeley Plato This Page Left Intentionally Blank The Berkeley Plato From Neglected Relic to Ancient Treasure an archaeological detective story Stephen G. Miller WithanappendixbyJohn Twilley UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley LosAngeles London UniversityofCaliforniaPress,oneofthemostdistinguished universitypressesintheUnitedStates,enricheslivesaround theworldbyadvancingscholarshipinthehumanities,social sciences,andnaturalsciences.Itsactivitiesaresupportedby theUCPressFoundationandbyphilanthropiccontributions fromindividualsandinstitutions.Formoreinformation, visitwww.ucpress.edu. UniversityofCaliforniaPress BerkeleyandLosAngeles,California UniversityofCaliforniaPress,Ltd. London,England ©2009byTheRegentsoftheUniversityofCalifornia LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Miller,StephenG.(StephenGaylord),1942–. TheBerkeleyPlato:fromneglectedrelictoancient treasure:anarchaeologicaldetectivestory/StephenG. Miller;withanappendixbyJohnTwilley. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn978-0-520-25833-4(cloth,alk.paper) 1. Plato—Portraits. 2. Hermae. 3. Inscriptions, Greek. 4.Portraitsculpture,Classical—Italy—Tivoli. 5. Portraitsculpture,Classical—California—Berkeley. 6. Classicalantiquities—Conservationandrestoration— California—Berkeley—History—20thcentury. 7. Phoebe AppersonHearstMuseumofAnthropology—History— 20thcentury. I. Title. N7587.P6M55 2009 733'.3-dc22 2009018650 ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Thepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimum requirementsofansi/nisoz39.48-1992(r1997) (PermanenceofPaper). CONTENTS ListofIllustrations vii Prefaceand Acknowledgments xiii Historyof Acquisitionand theFirstCenturyinCalifornia 1 Descriptionofthe Artifact 5 PertinenceoftheHead 9 TheInscription 12 TheSevenSages 16 The TivoliPlato 25 TheBerkeleyPlatoandtheRenaissance 29 PortraitsofPlato 34 TheBerkeleyPlatoandthe Akademy 37 Ribbons 40 PlatoandRibbons 45 WhyPlatoandRibbons 53 Conclusion 55 Appendix A.TheSquare-OmicronandSquare-Theta PortraitHermsfromTivoli 57 AppendixB.TechnicalandScientific Analysis, byJohnTwilley 69 Bibliography 77 GeneralIndex 83 Indexof AncientSources 87 IndexofCollectionsof Artifacts 91 ILLUSTRATIONS Appearingafterpage92 COLOR PLATES 1. Detailoflines7and8ofinscriptiononfrontofshaftofBerkeley Plato 2. OverallviewsoffrontandrightsideofBerkeleyPlato 3. OverallviewsofBerkeleyPlatowithultravioletlight 4. Location2:interiorofrightshouldersocket 5. Location8:detailofconditionsontopofhead 6. Location9:detailofconditionsontopofhead 7. Location11:phallussocketwithfrontalillumination 8. Location14:rustconcretions 9. Location16:graysandyaccretion BLACK-AND-WHITE FIGURES 1. FullfrontalviewofBerkeleyPlato 2. FaceandfirstlineofinscriptionofBerkeleyPlato vii
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