Marmora Bizantina Dataset

The development of the internet database which will fulfil the role of a catalogue of marble finds is supposed to enable other scholars to verify projects’s thesis formulated on the basis of the source material presented therein. Also, the creation of this dataset will allow other scholars to investigate different problems connected with marble. The database contains basic qualitative and quantitative data about marble finds discovered in the southern Levant (Phoenicia, Palaestina, and Arabia). It takes into account marble finds used from the 1st century BCE to the 10 century AD. The database includes published finds with a specific chronology. I do not have the means to continuously update the data. However, I will try to add new materials or make important corrections, basing on your emails (m.gwiazda2 (at) uw.edu.pl). This database was created thanks to the publications of dozens of researchers, I hope that they has been recorded fully and correctly. If you are unhappy with the way I used your materials, please contact me. I suggest to quote individual entries to the database in publications as follows: The Project is financed by the National Science Centre (UMO-2020/37/B/HS3/00306). Description: Record number Inventory number assigned arbitrary and automatically by the system. It is determined only by the order of cataloging tombs. Site name The contemporary name of the place where the tomb was discovered is given first. In brackets, the ancient names of these settlements are given. Province This field contains information on the name of the province during the reign of Justinian in which the object has been discovered. Country This field contains information about the name of the contemporary country in which the object has been discovered. Context In this place, information on the find context in given. Here featured: bathhouse, civic basilica, ordinary church, grave/cemetery, house, latrine, monastery, monastery church, pilgrimage church, press, public building, survey, synagogue, temple, workshop, and no data. Site type This field contains a simplified classification of settlements including: town, village, and monastery. Port town The field specifies whether the settlement was a seaport in antiquity. Pilgrimage site This field determines whether the site was associated with Christian pilgrimages. Context description This field contains additional information about the context in which the object was found. Object type This field contains a simplified classification of marble finds. Here featured: altar, ambo, architectural element, baptismal font, capital, capital (small), chancel screen, chancel post, column, column (small), column base, column base (small), menorah, mortar, opus sectile, pavement slab, pestle, plaque, reliquary, sarcophagus, sculpture, stela, table top, tombstone, unidentified, wall revetment, weight, varia, and vessel. Stone colour This field contains information about the colour of the object. Provenance This field contains information about the origin of the raw material based on laboratory analysis. Analysis This field contains information on whether the marble was examined by archaeometric methods. Reused This field contains information on whether the object was secondarily used in antiquity. Inscription This field contains information about the presence of the inscription on the object. Object description This field contains additional information about objects form. Dating The field contains the dating of the time of use of the marble object. Dimensions This field contains information about the size of the object. Volume in cubic meter This field contains information about the minimum volume of raw material in the form of cylinder or cuboid used to produce the object. Map This item contains information about the name of the contemporary country in which the tomb has been discovered. In this place there is information on the context in which the tomb was discovered. Is the necropolis, on which it was discovered, associated with the city or the village. Separately treated are crypts built within monasteries or in churches. References Bibliographic references in most cases are limited to the latest publications, where you can also find references to older items.本互联网数据库旨在作为大理石出土文物目录，其开发将便于其他学者验证基于该库所收录原始资料所提出的研究论题。此外，本数据集的构建亦可为其他学者开展与大理石相关的各类研究提供支持。 本数据库收录南黎凡特（southern Levant，包括腓尼基、巴勒斯坦及阿拉伯地区）出土的大理石文物的基础定性与定量数据，涵盖公元前1世纪至公元10世纪期间使用的大理石出土文物。数据库仅收录带有明确年代学信息的已发表出土文物。本人暂无持续更新本数据库的能力，但若您通过邮件（m.gwiazda2(at)uw.edu.pl）向我提供新资料或提出重要修正建议，我将尽力补充或更正相关内容。本数据库的构建得益于数十位研究者的研究成果，本人已尽力确保所有资料的记录完整且准确。若您对本人引用您的研究资料的方式有任何异议，请与我联系。 本人建议在出版物中引用本数据库的单条记录时，请遵循以下格式： 本项目由波兰国家科学中心资助（项目编号：UMO-2020/37/B/HS3/00306）。 字段说明： 1. 记录编号：系统自动随机分配的库存编号，仅根据墓葬编目的先后顺序确定。 2. 遗址名称：首先标注墓葬发现地的现代名称，括号内标注该聚落的古代名称。 3. 行省：本字段收录查士丁尼一世统治时期该文物出土地所属行省的名称。 4. 国家：本字段收录该文物出土地所属的现代国家名称。 5. 出土背景：本字段标注文物的出土背景，可选类型包括：浴场、市政巴西利卡、普通教堂、墓葬/墓地、住宅、厕所、修道院、修道院教堂、朝圣教堂、压榨作坊、公共建筑、调查遗存、犹太会堂、神庙、工坊，以及无数据。 6. 遗址类型：本字段对聚落进行简化分类，可选类型包括：城镇、村落、修道院。 7. 港口城镇：本字段标注该聚落于古代是否为海港城镇。 8. 朝圣遗址：本字段标注该遗址是否与基督教朝圣活动相关。 9. 出土背景补充说明：本字段提供关于文物出土背景的补充信息。 10. 文物类型：本字段对大理石出土文物进行简化分类，可选类型包括：祭坛、读经台（ambo）、建筑构件、洗礼池、柱头、小型柱头、圣坛围栏、圣坛柱、圆柱、小型圆柱、柱础、小型柱础、犹太七烛台（menorah）、研钵、镶饰大理石（opus sectile）、铺地砖、杵、饰板、圣物箱、石棺、雕塑、石碑、台面板、墓碑、未鉴定文物、墙面护板、砝码、杂项，以及容器。 11. 石材颜色：本字段收录文物的石材颜色信息。 12. 原料产地：本字段收录基于实验室分析得出的文物原料产地信息。 13. 分析检测：本字段标注该大理石文物是否通过考古科技方法进行过检测。 14. 二次使用：本字段标注该文物在古代是否被二次利用。 15. 铭文：本字段标注该文物是否带有铭文。 16. 文物描述：本字段提供关于文物形制的补充信息。 17. 年代：本字段收录该大理石文物的使用年代判定结果。 18. 尺寸：本字段收录文物的尺寸信息。 19. 体积（立方米）：本字段收录制作该文物所需的圆柱形或长方体形原料的最小体积信息。 20. 地图：本字段收录该墓葬发现地所属的现代国家名称。 墓地背景补充说明：本字段标注墓葬的出土背景：该墓葬所在的墓地是否与城镇或村落相关；对于修建于修道院或教堂内部的地下墓室，则单独分类标注。 参考文献：本数据库的参考文献大多仅列出最新研究成果，您亦可通过最新文献追溯相关早期研究资料。