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The Aphrodite of Emesa: miniature marble sculpture and religious life in Roman Syria (2016)
Journal Article
Kropp, A. (2016). The Aphrodite of Emesa: miniature marble sculpture and religious life in Roman Syria. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 29, 193-222. https://doi.org/10.1017/S104775940007210X

The sculpture of Roman Syria is a mighty tree with roots so deep and branches so far-flung that they have defied all attempts at systematic and comprehensive study. This article deals with one of these branches of artistic traditions, a series of unu... Read More about The Aphrodite of Emesa: miniature marble sculpture and religious life in Roman Syria.

The Tyche of Berytus: a Phoenician goddess on civic coinage. (2015)
Journal Article
Kropp, A. (2015). The Tyche of Berytus: a Phoenician goddess on civic coinage. https://doi.org/10.1628/219944615X14296073073575

This contribution deals with images of Tyche on the civic bronze coinage of the Roman colony of Berytus (Beirut). The visual type of this local patron goddess, a hybrid composition drawing on a variety of iconographic sources, was created in the late... Read More about The Tyche of Berytus: a Phoenician goddess on civic coinage..

The Palmyra Portrait Project (2014)
Journal Article
Kropp, A., & Raja, R. (2014). The Palmyra Portrait Project. Syria. Archéologie, art et histoire, 91,