Bronze Casting in Jerash
The Workshop in an Urban Context
Hardback (Forthcoming)
(February 2027)
ISBN: 9782503625553
Price: $75.00
Excavations carried out beneath the Temple of Zeus at the site of Roman Gerasa have revealed a striking testimony to bronze statuary production in the ancient city. First identified by Jacques Seigne’s French mission and later confirmed by the University of Eichstätt Ingolstadt (2021–2023), this temporary workshop once served the ambitious casting of the monumental bronze Zeus for the new mid-second-century temple. This volume for the first time offers an overview of the site, and explores how its sequence of rooms, together with casting pits, firing installations, and mould fragments, offers an exceptional glimpse into the organization and techniques of large-scale bronze production on the sacred terrace. The authors also trace the scholarly collaboration that enabled renewed study of this workshop, linking Seigne’s discoveries with Gerhard Zimmer’s expertise in ancient bronze-casting technologies. Viewed within the city’s vibrant craft economy, the workshop illustrates how external specialists worked alongside local artisans, relied on regional suppliers, and contributed to knowledge transfer in a flourishing urban centre. Long known for its colonnades, Gerasa emerges here as a city equally shaped by skilled labour and sophisticated metallurgical practice.
Excavations carried out beneath the Temple of Zeus at the site of Roman Gerasa have revealed a striking testimony to bronze statuary production in the ancient city. First identified by Jacques Seigne’s French mission and later confirmed by the University of Eichstätt Ingolstadt (2021–2023), this temporary workshop once served the ambitious casting of the monumental bronze Zeus for the new mid-second-century temple. This volume for the first time offers an overview of the site, and explores how its sequence of rooms, together with casting pits, firing installations, and mould fragments, offers an exceptional glimpse into the organization and techniques of large-scale bronze production on the sacred terrace. The authors also trace the scholarly collaboration that enabled renewed study of this workshop, linking Seigne’s discoveries with Gerhard Zimmer’s expertise in ancient bronze-casting technologies. Viewed within the city’s vibrant craft economy, the workshop illustrates how external specialists worked alongside local artisans, relied on regional suppliers, and contributed to knowledge transfer in a flourishing urban centre. Long known for its colonnades, Gerasa emerges here as a city equally shaped by skilled labour and sophisticated metallurgical practice.
Other Titles in this Series
Environmental Studies, Remote Sensing, and Modelling
Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project I
Volume 6
Metal Finds and Coins
Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project II
Volume 7
Glass, Lamps, and Jerash Bowls
Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project III
Volume 8
Middle Islamic Jerash (9th century – 15th century)
Archaeology and History of an Ayyubid-Mamluk settlement
Volume 3
Miscellaneous Objects
Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project VI
Volume 12
Ceramic Finds in Context (Roman to Early Islamic Times)
Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project VII
Volume 13
Architectural Elements, Wall Paintings, and Mosaics
Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project IV
Volume 9
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