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An Updated List of Gandhara Palettes and Their Utility for the Study of Hybridity Cover

An Updated List of Gandhara Palettes and Their Utility for the Study of Hybridity

Open Access
|Jun 2023

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Figure 1

Indo-Greek banquet with Satyrs (Ancient Orient Museum, ID 81 in Database, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IndoGreekFestivities.JPG) It’s from Wikipedia CC-BY 3.0.

Table 1

Provenance distribution of the palettes.

PROVENANCENUMBERPERCENTAGE
Narai2c. 1%
Rawalpindi1c. 0.5%
Akra2c. 1%
Barikot1c. 0.5%
Sahri Bahlol1c. 0.5%
Sar Dheri1c. 0.5%
Charsadda2c. 1%
Utmanzai1c. 0.5%
Taxila (unclear mounds)56c. 29%
Sirkap7c. 3.6%
Hatra1c. 0.5%
Jota Khan1c. 0.5%
Udegram3c. 1.5%
Butkara1c. 0.5%
Barama1c. 0.5%
Tor Dher1c. 0.5%
Malka Dheri1c. 0.5%
Uddiyana3c. 1.5%
Unknown112c. 43%
Total196c. 100%
Table 2

Chronological distribution of the palettes and phasing.

CHRONOLOGYNUMBERPERCENTAGEPHASE
2nd – 1st BCE22c. 11.4%Phase 1
1st BCE – 1st CE39c. 20.1%Phase 2
1st – 2nd CE53c. 27.3%Phase 3
2nd – 3rd CE9c. 4.7%Phase 4
3rd – 5th CE5c. 2.6%Phase 5
5th – 7th CE4c. 2.1%Phase 6
Un105c. 53.3%Unknown
Total196c. 100%N/A
Table 3

Material distribution of the palettes.

MATERIALNUMBERPERCENTAGE
Ivory1c. 0.5%
Silver2c. 1%
Copper1c. 0.5%
Bronze1c. 0.5%
Schist38c. 19.7%
Serpentine2c. 1%
Steatite16c. 8.3%
Stone18c. 9.3%
Terracotta3c. 1.5%
Unknown112c. 57%
Total196c. 100%
Table 4

Compartment distribution of the palettes.

COMPARTMENTNUMBERPERCENTAGE
Crescent Shape2713.8%
Cross Shape94.6%
Image Shape3015.4%
Sections21%
N/A105.1%
Rock Shape21%
Sun shape10.5%
Swastika Shape10.5%
Bowl Shape31.5%
T-Shape2211.3%
Unknown8845.1%
Total195100%
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.105 | Journal eISSN: 2059-481X
Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 24, 2023
Accepted on: May 11, 2023
Published on: Jun 19, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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